Aspiring Republican president Mitt Romney reveals his plan to cut the U.S. debt by $500 billion by 2016. Beside his bold announcement, he also proposes to cut the system of government and alter the constitution to make unbiased budgets obligatory, raise the retirement age, and partially privatize the healthcare of senior citizens.
In a gathering of conservative activists in Washington, he said that, “I’m committed to making government simpler, smaller and smarter, it is not only good for the economy it is a moral imperative. For the next generation of retirees we should slowly raise the retirement age.”
After the birth of U.S. citizens in the year 1959, the average retirement age in the country is 67, and currently, 65. Going through the issue in Medicare, he pursues for the division of health care systems between senior citizens and the disabled.
He stated, “Medicare should not change for anyone who is in the program or who is about to be in it, we should honor the commitments we have made to our seniors. Tomorrow’s seniors should have the freedom to choose what their health coverage looks like. Younger Americans today, when they turn 65 should have a choice between traditional Medicare and other private health care plans.” He even added, “Competition will lower costs and increase the quality of health care.”
Romney is leading in polls in some states in the U.S., but is being raced ahead by conservative beloved Herman Cain.
