President Barack Obama Backs Expanding Social Security [View all]
Source: Huffington Post
By Daniel Marans & Arthur Delaney
WASHINGTON — Marking a stark reversal from his past position, President Barack Obama said Wednesday the U.S. ought to increase Social Security retirement benefits.
“It’s time we finally made Social Security more generous and increased its benefits so that today’s retirees and future generations get the dignified retirement that they’ve earned,” Obama said during a speech in Elkhart, Indiana.
“And we can start paying for it by asking the wealthiest Americans to contribute a little bit more,” Obama said. “They can afford it. I can afford it.”
The announcement represents a major evolution in the president’s public position on Social Security and a coup for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, which increasingly views benefits expansion as a core element of its agenda.
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President Barack Obama came out in support of expanding Social Security benefits in a speech in Elkhart, Indiana on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.
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Link at the bottom of the letter: http://retiredamericans.org/ & http://retiredamericans.org/?s=expand+social+security
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