All Videos Tagged ThinkProgress (12160 Social Network) - 12160 Social Network2024-04-27T10:57:08Zhttps://12160.info/video/video/listTagged?tag=ThinkProgress&rss=yes&xn_auth=noLindsay Graham: I Will Destroy America's Solvency Unless The Social Security Retirement Age Is Raisedtag:12160.info,2012-12-30:2649739:Video:10802752012-12-30T20:05:21.951Ztruthhttps://12160.info/profile/adap2k
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</a> <br></br>interview on Fox News Sunday this morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatened to oppose this must-pass bill unless Social Security benefits are taken away from millions of future retirees:<br></br>
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I’m not going to raise the debt ceiling unless we get serious about keeping the country from becoming Greece, saving Social Security and Medicare [sic]. So…
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</a><br />interview on Fox News Sunday this morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatened to oppose this must-pass bill unless Social Security benefits are taken away from millions of future retirees:<br />
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I’m not going to raise the debt ceiling unless we get serious about keeping the country from becoming Greece, saving Social Security and Medicare [sic]. So here’s what i would like: meaningful entitlement reform — not to turn Social Security into private accounts, not to take a voucher approach to Medicare — but, adjust the age for Social Security, CPI changes and means testing and look beyond the ten-year window. I cannot in good conscience raise the debt ceiling without addressing the long term debt problems of this country and I will not. <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/30/1379681/lindsay-graham-i-will-destroy-americas-solvency-unless-the-social-security-retirement-age-is-raised">http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/30/1379681/lindsay-graham-i-will-destroy-americas-solvency-unless-the-social-security-retirement-age-is-raised</a>