Jeb Bush calls for quickly raising Social Security age
04/17/2015
Almost but not quite, presidential candidate Jeb Bush told a New Hampshire audience this morning that he wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security sooner rather than later.
Bush told the crowd at the Politics and Eggs breakfast in Manchester - live streamed by WMUR - "we need to deal with demographic realities." Bush added that the Social Security age needs to be raised, "in short order."
He said he would not change the Social Security benefits age for existing retirees or those near retirement. Bush said the change should be gradual but that without it people in their 30s "are not going to get the benefits" as they exist now.
On other topics, Bush said he opposes raising the federal minimum wage because it would eliminate jobs. But Bush went on to say that it would be okay for states to raise the minimum wage - as Florida has done. He did not explain why that would not cause a loss of jobs.
Asked about the Terri Schiavo case - where as Florida governor Bush intervened and failed in attempt to stop her husband from ending tube feeding despite dozens of court decisions favoring the husband - Bush said, "I feel sad. It was one of the most difficult things I have gone through."
On immigration, Bush said, "first and foremost deal with the border."
He called immigration, "hugely important for the nation," and said the U.S. should encourage immigration of workers who can fill shortages in needed skills. He also supports bringing in farm workers, "because people here don't want to do that work."
While Bush continues to sound and travel very much like a 2016 presidential candidate, he repeatedly says he has not yet decided but that a final decision is coming soon.
SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, SSD ARE ALL INSURANCE POLICES THAT ARE PAID INTO AND ARE DEDUCTED OUT OF OUR PAYCHECKS. CLINTON LEFT W-BUSHY WITH A SURPLUS, YOU KNOW WHY?
Posted by: overseas security jobs | 07/06/2015 at 12:16 AM
FIRST OF ALL " ENTITLEMENT" IS A EUPHAMISM USED TO PROMOTE AND STIRR UP ANGER IN THE HEART OF THE UNEDUCATED SOCIOAPTHIC MIND AND THE SILVER SPOON REPUB CANDIDATES ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS. SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, SSD ARE ALL INSURANCE POLICES THAT ARE PAID INTO AND ARE DEDUCTED OUT OF OUR PAYCHECKS. YOU CAN'T COLLECT FROM THESE PROGRAMS UNELSS YOU HAVE WORKED LONG ENOUGH ETC. NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT OUT OF THE WAY, BUSHY AND HUCKABEE AND THE REST OF THE SOCIOPATHS THAT ARE PANDERING TO THE BASE ARE LEAVING OUT ONCE CRITICLAL FACT. CLINTON LEFT W-BUSHY WITH A SURPLUS, YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE HE DIDN'T START ANY WARS? THAT'S RIGHT, W AND SATANIC CHENEY BLEW THE SURPLUS 10 MONTHS INTO HIS ADMINISTRATION BY GIVING TAX BREAKS TO THE TOP 1% THEN PUT US TRILLIONS IN DEBT WITH THE IRAQ WAR, WHICH WAS A FARCE! ON 9-10-2001, A DAY BEFORE 9-11, RUMSFELD SAID THAT A TRILLION DOLLARS WAS MISSING FROM THE PENTAGON BUDGET, THE NEXT DAY WAS 9-11 AND WE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS MISSING MONEY AGAIN. GOT IT NOW?? WE ARE A NATION OF MORONS THAT CONTINUE VOTING FOR THE SAME SOCIOPATHS OVER AND OVER....THAT IS KNOWN AS INSANITY!
Posted by: Steve | 04/18/2015 at 04:25 PM