Republican politicians and lawmakers have for decades claimed that social security and Medicare, savings programs earned by the working population, are burdens to society, the government budget, and now national security. These are all lies to shield the fact that they want a select group of wealthy people to profit from the labors of working people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Privatizing these programs have been on the Republican political chopping block since president FDR instituted these programs in the 30s. It was only after the crash of the stock market, caused by the wealthy, that American society needed help for those who were not rich and who actually worked for their money. Since then, wealthy people have held a grudge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every chance they get, and every Republican president – who represents the wealthy – are pressured by them to dismantle social security from government control and pass it on to them. And they have made up lie after lie, and excuse after excuse to convince the working people it is to their benefit that the rich own and control their retirement contributions and savings. This is not governing; this is robbery of the working class and the elderly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Bloomberg and the latest attempt at this robbery, \u201cA group of Republican lawmakers aims to balance the federal budget and slash government spending by targeting programs like Social Security<\/a> \u2014 and some seniors could see a major reduction in lifetime benefits<\/a> if the plan makes it into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposal was unveiled June 14 by U.S. House conservatives, Bloomberg reported. One of its main features is to raise the full retirement age<\/a> (FRA) at which seniors are entitled to the full benefits they are due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 176-member House Republican Study Committee (RSC) approved a fiscal blueprint that would gradually increase the FRA to 69-years-old for seniors who turn 62 in 2033. The current full retirement age is 66 or 67, depending on your birth year. For all Americans born in 1960 or later, the FRA is 67.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Bloomberg noted, workers expecting an earlier retirement benefit will see lifetime payouts reduced if the full retirement age is raised. Those payouts could be drastically reduced for seniors who claim benefits at age 62<\/a>, when you are first eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle have been working to come up with a fix for Social Security before the program\u2019s Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund runs out of money<\/a>. That could happen within the next decade or so. When it does, Social Security will be solely reliant on payroll taxes for funding \u2014 and those taxes only cover about 77% of current benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While most Democrats want to boost Social Security through higher payroll taxes or reductions to benefits for wealthy Americans, the GOP has largely focused on paring down or privatizing the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n