Progressives Will Always Vote For Self Interest Issues

I can't imiagine this will ever be brought to the floor of congress. One year might pass but raising it to 70 will have the progressive socialists fainting in their collective chairs. Social Security and the other mandates that are crushing our economy are the very back bone of the progressive Democrats.

Democrates will always vote to secure their election base no matter how the consequences of those votes will effect the country.

CEOs Call for Raising Retirement Age to 70 for Social Security, Medicare
January 18, 2013
Source: "Influential Group of CEOs Calls for Raising Retirement Age to 70 for Social Security, Medicare," Washington Post, January 17, 2013.

An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare, and to partially privatize the health insurance program for older Americans, says the Washington Post.

• The Business Roundtable's plan would protect those 55 years old and older from cuts but younger workers would face significant changes.
• The plan would result in smaller annual benefit increases for all Social Security recipients.
• Initial benefits for wealthy retirees would also be smaller.
• Medicare recipients would be able to enroll in the traditional program or in private plans that could adjust premiums based on age and health status.

The proposal comes as Republican leaders in Congress are calling for spending cuts as part of an agreement to increase the government's authority to borrow. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the United States will exhaust its borrowing authority as soon as mid-February, raising the possibility of a first-ever national default.

The Business Roundtable is an association of CEOs of some of the largest U.S. companies. Member companies account for nearly a third of the total value of the U.S. stock market, according to the group.

President Obama has embraced some parts of the business group's plan for Social Security and Medicare, but he opposes any plan to privatize Medicare, and has backed away from his earlier support for raising the eligibility age.

The proposal to offer private plans as part of Medicare is similar to a proposal by Republican Mitt Romney when he ran for president last year. Obama and Democrats in Congress campaigned against it, making it unlikely to pass any time soon.