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Related: About this forumEric Hovde seeks to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin, but he'll have to defend past comments on Social Security and Medicare
Wisconsin already has selfish, deadbeat Ron Johnson and now another multimillionaire is running. damn
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Eric Hovde seeks to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin, but hell 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 livesand 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 youre under 50, youre gonna add two years to retirement age, Hovde told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board at the time. If youre under 40, youre gonna add two more years, and if youre under 30, youre 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 taxcurrently $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
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(17,165 posts)1. We've beaten Hovde before. We can do it again if
We get out the vote!
riversedge
(73,276 posts)2. YES. WE. CAN!!