Tom Harkin actually said...

Each year of raising the retirement age is a 6.5 percent cut in benefits that are already very modest.

The most important thing I can say is that cutting Social Security benefits in this context would be disastrous.

There is no rationale for providing a larger tax break to a millionaire than to a Wal-Mart cashier for the same dollar contribution to a 401...

You should both be commended for introducing S. Res. 664, your Sense of the Senate Resolution opposing any benefit cuts.