You Earned This: The Social Security & Medicare Podcast!

The "Stupidest Fix for Social Security" & Other Bad Ideas (LA Times' Michael Hiltzik - Part 2)


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Raising the retirement age is "the stupidest and most dishonest fix" for Social Security, says L.A. Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning columinist Michael Hiltzik in part 2 of our conversation.  In this episode, Michael breaks down the harmful conservative proposals for addressing Social Security's financial challenges --- including means testing and cutting benefits for younger adults. "It makes no sense to me," he tells us.  If those are the wrong ideas, then what are the right ones?  A must-listen! 

READ THE TRANSCRIPT HERE::: https://www.ncpssm.org/documents/transcript/your-earned-this-podcast-transcript-120/

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