January 13th 2024.
During the fifth Republican Party presidential debate, one candidate, Nikki Haley, caused quite a stir when she announced her plan to raise the retirement age. This debate, held in Iowa on December 10th, featured Haley and her opponent, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, discussing important issues facing American voters. When the topic of Social Security was brought up by moderator Jake Tapper of CNN, things took an interesting turn.
Tapper asked Haley if young voters should expect to have a higher retirement age in their future. Her response was, "They should plan on their retirement age being increased. We need to start looking at solutions to this issue. We want to make sure that everyone who has been promised these benefits receives them, but we also want to ensure that our children have something to rely on when they reach retirement age as well."
DeSantis, on the other hand, took a different stance, highlighting the struggles that many Americans face in trying to make ends meet. "I don't see how you can raise the retirement age when our life expectancy is declining in this country," he argued. "That, in itself, is a major problem."
Haley quickly fired back at DeSantis, accusing him of voting to raise the life expectancy age to 70 for three consecutive years and then lying about it. "He can try to belittle and disrespect me all he wants," Haley stated. "But that doesn't change the fact that he's lying because he's losing. The whole country can see it for what it is."
Currently, U.S. law states that citizens cannot collect their full retirement benefits until the age of 67. Recently, President Joe Biden criticized Republican plans to cut Social Security and Medicare, while former President Trump called for the GOP to support these programs. During the Conservative Political Action Conference in January 2023, Trump even accused some unnamed party members of wanting to raise the minimum age for Social Security to 70, 75, or even 80 years old, and of wanting to drastically cut Medicare.
Haley also took issue with some of Biden's 2024 budget proposals, particularly those that would increase Medicare trust funds by raising taxes on individuals making more than $400,000 a year. "Joe Biden's solution to dealing with entitlements is simply to raise taxes," Haley stated. "He doesn't seem to care that these funds will run out in five or ten years because he won't be in office anymore."
One aspect of Biden's plan that Haley criticized was the idea of allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, something that would likely face opposition in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives. In related news, filmmaker Ava DuVernay also weighed in on Haley's recent comments about the Civil War, calling them a "wake-up call" for Americans to address systemic racism.
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