Tulsi Gabbard

[Guest]

Never mind!

[_EAllusion]

Can you flesh this out a little? I'm not familiar with Biden's stance on entitlement reforms. Perhaps some 'if EAllusion were boss of the world' practical examples would be helpful.

- Doc

The two big reforms I favor is raising the FICA cap and retirement age a little.

Secondarily, I have some radical ideas about UBI that in a fantasy world I would replace entitlements with, but in terms of incremental reform to fairly reduce the burden of entitlements on the federal budget, that's where I'd go.

[_DoubtingThomas]

The two big reforms I favor is raising... retirement age a little.

What?

[_EAllusion]

The two big reforms I favor is raising... retirement age a little.

What?

I think the age at which people are eligible to collect SS benefits should be increased to reflect advances in length and quality of life since the initial age was established.

[_ajax18]

I think the age at which people are eligible to collect SS benefits should be increased to reflect advances in length and quality of life since the initial age was established.

That didn't work out so well for Macron.

If it's only three or four years, that's about how long it takes the average person to get his disability application approved to basically get ahold of the same money. It doesn't really change much.

[_DoubtingThomas]

I think the age at which people are eligible to collect SS benefits should be increased to reflect advances in length and quality of life since the initial age was established.

Most people that really need SS benefits don't make it to 80.

[_Some Schmo]

I think the age at which people are eligible to collect SS benefits should be increased to reflect advances in length and quality of life since the initial age was established.

Isn't life expectancy decreasing lately?

[_EAllusion]

I think the age at which people are eligible to collect SS benefits should be increased to reflect advances in length and quality of life since the initial age was established.

Isn't life expectancy decreasing lately?

It's stalled due to the massive impact of opiod-related deaths, but that's neither here nor there when we're talking about gains that have been banked for decades in terms of quality of life improvements.

[_EAllusion]

I think the age at which people are eligible to collect SS benefits should be increased to reflect advances in length and quality of life since the initial age was established.

Most people that really need SS benefits don't make it to 80.

Why did you pick 80 as the age? You can save billions by upping the retirement age by one year. If I recall correctly, you can save billions by raising the age by two months.

The labor force expansion would also secondarily increase GDP growth which is both a good in of itself and would further help the federal budget.

[_candygal]

Somebody just give me a good solid democrat to vote for...I am so disappointed.