Why the sudden up tick in re-fighting 2016?

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73. Yes, I think it is a reason for him to draw a line.

For now, he would be facing two terms at a more advanced age. I don't see any signs that he wants to do that. As for Social Security, you seem to have missed the point of my post, which is that if a candidate loses, even popular proposals that he/she made disappear not only from public discourse, but from the legislative agenda. Gore was right about Social Security; the taxes that support it should not be used for other purposes, especially to mask the federal debt. Yet as he pointed out at the time, both political parties have done just that.

What we have heard on the topic for the most part is the dishonest argument that the program will go broke unless we keep raising the retirement age. There is far less discussion about lifting the cap on taxes for it so that it is not necessary to raise the retirement age to 70. The members of Congress that favor this are not the people who have paid into the system for their entire working lives. Just because life expectancy has increased means that workers remain healthy and vibrant enough to work to an advanced age. And why should they? Every other advanced country thinks that workers are entitled to a decent retirement, not to have to work until they drop, just as every other advanced country thinks that workers are entitled to certain guaranteed rights such as paid vacation leave, paid maternity/paternity leave, and guaranteed health care. We could have all of this too, if we had a more progressive tax system, and spent less money on so-called defense.