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Elizabeth Warren: Raising the retirement age – or otherwise cutting benefits – only worsens the looming retirement income crisis, and, as…

On the recordJune 17, 2026
Raising the retirement age – or otherwise cutting benefits – only worsens the looming retirement income crisis, and, as we outlined in our initial letter to you, doing so hurts older Americans, cutting monthly benefits and forcing millions into poverty.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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