HealthCare Notes

1/19/13

Ezra Klein Knocks CEOs and Pundits for Wanting to Raise Retirement Age to 70

Ezra Klein Knocks CEOs and Pundits for Wanting to Raise Retirement Age to 70
"Klein discussed the recent news that CEOs and The Business Roundtable are pushing to have the retirement ages raised to 70, but don't want the income cap raised on Social Security, because heaven forbid we do anything to harm those uber-wealthy "job creators." As Klein notes, while they didn't mind pushing for those with much lower incomes to take a big hit on their retirement benefits, the wealthiest among us aren't willing to share in that sacrifice themselves. They're drawing the line when it comes to raising their own Social Security taxes as Reuters reported"