Ted Cruz Advocates ‘Commonsense Reforms’ to Social Security
(By - Susan Jones, CNSNews.com)
“If I’m elected in November 2016, I hope to lead the effort to…preserve and strengthen Social Security and Medicare for decades going forward,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto on Thursday. “I’m 44. It’s hard to find someone my generation who believes Social Security will be there for them. And I think that gives us an opportunity for commonsense reforms,” Cruz said. “The reforms I would like to see – and I’m campaigning on fundamental reform to preserve entitlements. We ought to gradually increase the retirement age. We ought to change the rate of increase in benefits so that it matches inflation, rather than exceeding inflation.” He said both of those reforms would apply to “younger workers – people my age.” Read more…
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