Brown's Social Security proposal is a very viable response given that many seniors rely on it to survive. It has lost buying power since President Roosevelt started Social Security.
If Congress does not make the necessary investment in Social Security called for by Brown and Ryan, and the private pension corrections called for by Brown and Portman, Americans will wind up paying for all of the living expenses instead of making the corrections. All three need to push the congressional legislation that protects seniors' budgets. That's the budget compromise that's really needed.
Robert Weiner is former Clinton and Bush White House spokesman, former chief of staff of the U.S. House Aging Committee, and Oberlin College graduate. Ben Lasky is Senior Policy Analyst at Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change.
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