Leary disseminates the usual blather. “Many experts” agree with the need to raise the retirement age and reduce benefits. Only one “expert” is quoted, a conservative hack from the American Enterprise Institute, Andrew Biggs. Clearly, Leary is lazy.
Many Social Security experts agree that raising the retirement age is one of the solutions that must be considered if the 75-year-old entitlement program is to avoid insolvency.
“Any expert from any political spectrum will tell you that Rubio was right,” said Andrew Biggs, former No. 2 at the Social Security Administration and now with the conservative American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.