John Boehner Says In Order To Pay For The Wars, We Need To Raise The Social Security Retirement Age To 70 (VIDEO)

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Flashback to last Summer.

According to the source, Boehner said the following:

Ensuring there's enough money to pay for the war will require reforming the country's entitlement system, Boehner said.  He said he'd favor increasing the Social Security retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, tying cost-of-living increases to the consumer price index rather than wage inflation and limiting payments to those who need them.

"We need to look at the American people and explain to them that we're broke," Boehner said. "If you have substantial non-Social Security income while you're retired, why are we paying you at a time when we're broke?  We just need to be honest with people."

If this is what we have to look forward to from Republicans if they regain power, I'm giving it all up.  Continuing the expensive and illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan makes very little sense unless your goal is simply to support the military-industrial complex.  Strategically, Al Qaida and terrorism are regional problems, requiring regional solutions.  Victories in Iraq and Afghanistan won't help against Al Qaida of Yemen, but they might cost us an additional trillion, and Boehner seems to have no problem with that possibility.

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[Hereandnow]

SHAMEFUL...SHAMEFUL...SHAMEFUL.

[Dave]

Cutting or upping SS with the current unemployment numbers. Number who are on it not including the ones who are not. I would think it has to come from elsewhere. At this rate even including his 5% cut in congress proposal, where it would hurt to put a 1 in front of that 5 or even 20 %. Then you have 100 million but at least it looks like there trying. It's not going to work.

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[ain't bullshitt'n]

Ummmmm......Bonehead...YOU'RE FIRED.....END THE WAR, BRING THEM HOME, END SOCIAL SECURITY MANDATORY PARTICIPATION....and BRING BACK THE GOLD STANDARD....and did I mention my middle finger is raised in your general direction...AB

[John Mack]

I have two better ideas:

1. A WAR TAX (progressive) that would automatically go into effect whenever US troops enter another country for the sake of combat (special ops exempted). No exceptions - everyone pays some War Tax. This would give a powerful incentive for Americans to directly decide to to approve or disapprove of a war (with organized opposition). The only reason opposition to the Vietnam War was so powerful and organized was the universal draft, giving all young people and their families a powerful incentive to examine whether this war was worth it.

2. AUTOMATIC DRAFT FOR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FOR TOP LEVEL EXECUTIVES OF CORPORATIONS ABOVE A CERTAIN SIZE AND FOR ALL FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS ABOVE A CERTAIN INCOME. Even f they are in school. This would make the elite think twice before sending troops into the hell of war. Also draft anyone under 30 working in Wall Street/trading firms.

[J R Ciotti]

As a former Warrior, a Patriot and a Citizen I am absolutely appalled by my Republican Leadership!
Public Service does not provide the right to disenfranchise the American public of it's hard earned simple
benefits. Oh ye of lost faith! Dare you seek reelection after throwing Social Security and Medicare under the bus
as an easy solution to the financial disaster you supported.
If you want to find new money why not first audit the Civilian Agencies for budget compliance, cut waste,
cut earmarks, get out of finance and other businesses, force banks to sell classified assets on their books or
close them and cut Congressional benefits to be in line with private sector. How about two year Congressional
terms, standard Federal benefits while in service and nothing thereafter! Public Service is an honor not a guaranty
for your future.

[Cheyenne]

Boehner's premise--that we need to pay for these wars, when the "defense" department budget is $800B and outpacing the real growth rate of the U.S. (0%) at an alarming rate--is pregnant in the extreme and exposes the back-assward mindset of our so-called leaders, to whom ordinary Americans are decisively 2nd class.

Are these humanoids on auto-pilot?

Paging Mr. Romney...

[DailyBail]

@John Mack

Good ideas. Very good ideas.

[profnasty]

If you listen carefully you can hear something Good and True.

MEANS TEST SOCIAL SECURITY.
There are too many Fat Upper MIddle Class Retirees sucking up SS funds.
The system was intended to prevent Old Age Poverty. Not to fatten up Pasty White Pigs.
I'll say it again.....
MEANS TEST SOCIAL SECURITY.
(And tax ALL income for SS.)
Thanks.

[DailyBail]

I have supported means testing SS and Medicare from the beginning.

[Texas Dar]

tHE "Bonner" took a little blue pill with a V on it, and hes at it again.......