Some Debt Commission Proposals Extreme

The presidential debt commission has come up with some proposed solutions to the national budget imbalance which could be pretty drastic, including extending the retirement age out to sixty nine over some years and looking to Medicare for cuts.  Sarah Jennings, state director of AARP-South Dakota says some of the solutions proposed by the panel are pretty radical…

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Jennings says Social Security is not part of the debt problem…

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Jennings says compared to some other government programs, Social Security is in pretty good shape…

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The final report from the debt commission is due on December first.