Age Quote by Mark Dayton

Cutting benefits is not the right answer. Raising the retirement age is not the best option.

— Barack Obama

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women…

— Steve Israel

One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer.…

— Gail Collins

Starting a new retirement plan for those below a certain age is something tens of millions of Americans have already been through at work.

— Mitch Daniels

It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard…

— Fred Upton

Well, we certainly need to raise the retirement age. I've told my 19-year-old and my 22-year-old that they're not going to be getting retirement…

— Ken Buck

We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.

— Ken Buck

No one is talking about restructuring Social Security or Medicare for current retirees or for those that are near retirement. For those under 55,…

— Mitt Romney

Over half of people who are working now and over 50 have nothing for retirement savings. They will only have Social Security to rely on.

— Teresa Ghilarducci

Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will…

— Ron Lewis

Raising the age of Social Security retirement is not the answer. For so many jobs that are back-breaking jobs, physically burdensome jobs, we're raising…

— Brad Schneider

We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But…

— Benjamin E. Sasse