11. Moynihan has long advocated raising the age at which retirees can claim benefits and trimming back the rate at which benefits are adjusted for inflation. 12. Moynihan has long advocated raising the age at which retirees can claim Social Security benefits and trimming back the rate at which benefits are adjusted for inflation. 13. Pension reforms under way are aimed at gradually raising the age for early retirement, increasing contributions and curtailing entitlements. 14. Raising the age at which seniors can collect their money is effectively the same as cutting benefits. 15. President Clinton wants to raise the age for buying and possession of handguns. 16. Republican House majority leader Dennis Hastert supports raising the age for purchase but not for possession. 17. Raising the age would hurt older workers who lose their jobs. 18. Senate Finance Committee Chairman William Roth, R-Del., said raising the age to qualify for Medicare makes sense, because life expectancy is substantially higher. 19. Should the commission close some of the future deficit by raising the age of eligibility? 20. Supports raising age of beneficiaries. |