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Tue Feb 20, 2024, 03:54 PM Feb 2024

Eric Hovde seeks to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin, but he'll have to defend past comments on Social Security and Medicare

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Eric Hovde seeks to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin, but he’ll have to defend past comments on Social Security and Medicare

https://upnorthnewswi.com/2024/02/15/eric-hovde-seeks-to-challenge-sen-tammy-baldwin-but-hell-have-to-defend-past-comments-on-social-security-and-medicare/




By Pat Kreitlow February 15, 2024

Baldwin has pushed to strengthen the program, while a potential Republican opponent has talked openly of delaying Americans’ retirement or “absolutely” scaling back benefits.
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Hovde has frequently referred to programs like Social Security and Medicare as “entitlements” rather than earned benefits that Americans paid into throughout their working lives—and has said benefits “absolutely” need to be trimmed.

Last time Hovde ran for Senate, he talked repeatedly about the need to put Social Security benefits further out of reach from many Americans by moving the retirement age.

“If you’re under 50, you’re gonna add two years to retirement age,” Hovde told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board at the time. “If you’re under 40, you’re gonna add two more years, and if you’re under 30, you’re probably gonna have to add another year.” The Social Security retirement age today for many Americans is 67.


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Baldwin, meanwhile, frequently mentions her support for strengthening Social Security, such as raising the income cap on the Social Security payroll tax—currently $168,600. Executives, athletes, and celebrities en route to salaries in the tens of millions of dollars are done paying into Social Security within the first few days of the year while other workers pay all year long.

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Eric Hovde seeks to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin, but he'll have to defend past comments on Social Security and Medicare (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2024 OP
We've beaten Hovde before. We can do it again if AllyCat Feb 2024 #1
YES. WE. CAN!! riversedge Feb 2024 #2
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