[SoFloFreeper]

Such utter bullcrap.

The plan affects people YEARS out, who have plenty of time to PLAN for the changes--and it doesn't affect people about to go into the system.

Social Security DIES without reform.

Grab this bull by the testicles, GOP. And win.

[ColdOne]

I guess the next article=fakenews they put out will be...elderly eating dog food.

[Whenifhow]

PING!!!

Article and comments

From article:
Nearly every income bracket would see a reduction, save for the very bottom. People making around $12,280 in 2016 who have worked for 30 years would see an increase of around 20%. But young people making the same amount would be hit hard by the changes. If they had 14 years of work experience by 2016, they would see their benefits cut in half.

The plan would also cut entirely cost of living adjustments (COLA) for retirees earning above $85,000.

Thanks, SoFloFreeper

[Anti-Bubba182]

Any piece quoting people from both Center for American Progress and Talking Points Memo is certain to steam in a meadow.

[Iron Munro]

First cut welfare, food stamps, Obama-phones and all other handouts to illegal aliens and all able bodied adults.

Then cut retirement benefits for all elected federal officials back to what is normal in the private sector.

[lodi90]

Paul Ryan doesn’t have a good track record here. Just sayin’.

[GreaterSwiss]

Raising retirement age to 69 is a no go.. Most people work till 60 if they are lucky these days due to layoffs etc..

Plus the odds are you might never see the $$$.

[grey_whiskers]

Brings to mind the classic joke:

Q. "How many people work at the Social Security Administration headquarters?"

A. "About half of them."

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Social Security DIES without reform. ***

But, but we were promised back in 1964!

https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/usa1964-2.html

Self-Supporting

“The program is designed so that contributions plus interest on the investments of the social security trust funds will be sufficient to meet all of the costs of benefits and administration, now and into the indefinite future—without any subsidy from the general funds of the Government.

Both the Congress and the Executive Branch, regardless of political party in power, have scrupulously provided in advance for full financing of all liberalizations in the program.”

And HERE is where your money went! Read and weep!

https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/fundFAQ.html#n4

[philman_36]

Let's go straight to the source instead of reading Yahoo...

Sam Johnson Unveils Plan to Permanently Save Social Security

Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (TX-03) introduced legislation that will permanently save Social Security, ensuring this vital program continues to work for today’s workers and beneficiaries and future generations.

My, my, my, what a difference a headline makes.

To learn more about Chairman Johnson’s Social Security Reform Act of 2016, CLICK HERE.

To read the full bill text, CLICK HERE. 

To read the Social Security Actuary letter, CLICK HERE. 

[Grampa Dave]

#FakeNews. . . it never ends.

[Grampa Dave]

Cancel anything you have with Yahoo!

[crz]

I agree.

But, I asked my congressman this...why in the hell can you guys increase to amount a retired person can earn in a part time job, from the early years of retirement, to say, 20 grand a year? That way, they can contribute back into the system at thier part time job.

Answer? None.

[arthurus]

SS should be at least privatized and we can do it better than Chile did it and Chile recipients get back about twice what Americans get back as a percentage of input and the money belongs to them from premium to principle. They have money left in their investment to leave to their heirs.

[napscoordinator]

Why on Earth did this guy not go on Hannity and discuss the program so that everyone hears the truth. Good Lord it has been all over the media and the lies are incredible.

[ilovesarah2012]

And coal miners health insurance. I saw on Twitter.

[Nuc 1.1]

GOP, first step is to eliminate welfare to all illegal aliens and non-citizens. Including the earned Income tax credit. SS was looted by the dims under LBJ. That should be at the forefront of the arguments and reasons to reform the SS retirement program (insurance). Also let people know that the government steals all of a persons SS money, contributed to SS, from their surviving family if the principle passes away early. Explain that going forward the money you save for retirement is yours not the governments. No more legalized theft by the democrats. Pubbies be fearless in the fight. Go on the offensive on every front not just SS and illegal alien welfare and make certain the attack comes from an unexpected direction . Shock the dickens out of them so the dims cannot capture and control any narrative. Put them on the defensive and keep them there. I will gladly loan you my spine if you need one.

[Texas Eagle]

If memory serves it was LBJ (RAT-TX) who signed the bill that changed Socialist Security from a self-sustaining entity to just another funnel for cash to flow into the general fund.

SS has been getting butt-raped ever since.