Lower-wage workers likely to lose in Social Security reform
By Scott Burns
Published 4:22 pm, Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Photo: OZIER MUHAMMAD
Dan Ros-tenkowski, shown in 1998, once ran afoul of senior citizens over legislation he pushed in the late 1980s as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
I have some advice for our new Republican leadership: Remember Dan Rostenkowski. He was the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in 1989. Angry senior citizens surrounded and nearly attacked the Democratic congressman from Chicago for the Catastrophic Coverage Act.
After massive protests by seniors, the law was soon repealed. Rostenkowski died in 2010.
A far larger issue than the Catastrophic Coverage Act is at hand for 2017, which promises to be a watershed year for the American middle class. Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Plano, introduced the Social Security Reform Act of 2016. The bill foreshadowed this year's biggest debate.
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