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Related: About this forumNY21 Republican candidate Elise Stefanik answers questions about Social Security (video)
DANIEL FLATLEY
WATERTOWN A day after walking away from reporters questions in Glens Falls, Republican and Conservative Party congressional candidate Elise M. Stefanik provided more details about her proposals for Social Security during a news conference in the city.
In response to a question about raising the retirement age, Ms. Stefanik said a gradual increase for those of her generation about 30 years old would be appropriate but said there would be no changes for those 50 or older.
I think there needs to be a gradual assessment and I hope to work with economists from both sides of the aisle, Ms. Stefanik said. I think both Democrats and Republicans have come out in support of a gradual raising of the retirement age for young people who tend to work longer, who have longer working lives, so whether thats 66, 67 ... It would be a slow, gradual increase. But we need to honestly solve these issues and we need to make sure theyre reflective of the 21st century economy.
Ms. Stefanik, a former policy adviser in the George W. Bush White House who lives in Willsboro, is running against Democrat and Working Families Party candidate Aaron G. Woolf, a documentary filmmaker with a home in Elizabethtown, and Green Party candidate Matthew J. Funiciello, a bakery and cafe owner from Glens Falls.
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20140827/NEWS03/140828994
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NY21 Republican candidate Elise Stefanik answers questions about Social Security (video) (Original Post)
hrmjustin
Aug 2014
OP
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)1. That didn't make much sense...
I think both Democrats and Republicans have come out in support of a gradual raising of the retirement age for young people who tend to work longer, who have longer working lives, so whether thats 66, 67 ... It would be a slow, gradual increase. But we need to honestly solve these issues and we need to make sure theyre reflective of the 21st century economy.
young people tend to work longer....really
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)2. The other day she skipped questions on the topic at her own news conference.
I think this was an attempt at damage control but it failed.