Tom Harkin actually said...

I hope this committee will recognize that the retirement income deficit we are leaving for the Gen Xers is at least as serious as the burden...

I am going to count on Senator Sanders to be one of our lead persons in our hearings going into next year.

The average benefit is about $14,000--less than a minimum wage income--and Social Security provides more than half the income for 55 percent...

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