Lower Social Security Eligibility to 55; Raise Benefits By 15%

[Lefty Thinker]

34. I like it

Not quite as much as I like the Job Guarantee, but I like the direction. Getting the economy going means putting income in the hands of the lower and middle classes...the upper class already spends their money on what they want.

Plus, we either care for our seniors or watch them die on the streets; I know which one I prefer to see. This isn't about people getting a buck without earning it...it's about not having to know people are dying in the street. I think it would be great if either candidate would say "America is a country producing enough goods and services that Americans don't have to go to bed at night knowing that someone -- some American who led a productive life -- will die in the street that night, starving because she can no longer even afford enough food." But I can't ever imagine Rmoney saying those words in public.