WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, says the United States should raise the Social Security retirement age to 70 and limit benefits based on need.
In an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Boehner endorsed raising the retirement age to 70 for people who are still 20 years away from retirement and limit benefit payments to those who need them, the newspaper said Tuesday. Cuts in Social Security benefits should be part of entitlement reform he said would be necessary to pay the cost of the war in Afghanistan.