Extremist Republicans are demanding radical budget cuts that will put Social Security and Medicare at risk.
That angers Budd, who’s 37 and already trying to plan for his golden years. He’s been paying Social Security taxes since he was a 16-year-old with a summer job.
Stephens, a USW electrician in New Carlisle, Indiana who’s also 37, regards Social Security as America’s contract with working people. Moving the goalposts and forcing younger Americans already paying into the system to “work ourselves into the grave” is “inhumane,” he said.
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