Deficit commission fishing for ways to raise the retirement age

Via Washington Policy Watch: Fishing season is open, so it may be no coincidence that a recent federal deficit-cutting proposal includes this whopper: cut Social Security benefits by raising the retirement age to 68. Like fish left out too long, this one smells funny. And no wonder: More than 50 million Americans rely on Social …

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Women to Obama: Hands Off Social Security

Via Women's eNews: By: Susan F. Feiner Obama's discussion of the economy on CNBC last week included what Susan Feiner sees as an alarming reference to Social Security as an "entitlement." In fact, it's a self-funded jobs insurance program that women can't afford to lose. Anyone who watched President Barak Obama defend his handling of …

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