Two thirds of our money is in entitlements. And you may recall, as I ran for president, I put out a plan to balance our entitlement spending. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. We increased the age of retirement for people who are 55 years of age and younger by one to two years. And we also had lower benefit growth for high income people than for low income people. And on that basis, we balanced the spending for our entitlements. (42:52–42:59)
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Asserts a proposal to increase the retirement age for those 55 and younger by one to two years.
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