Donald Trump is going after Republican opponent Nikki Haley for her views on retirement benefits and increasing the eligibility age for Social Security.
Haley, the former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor who is surging in the polls, has made headlines in recent months for her proposed Social Security policy reforms that would include lifting the retirement age for people now in their 20s to sustain a program that presently benefits more than 70 million Americans. Under current law, claimants born in 1960 or later must wait until they turn 67 to collect full retirement benefits.
Haley doubled down on her intentions during Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, saying that people currently in their 20s should expect to work longer to better reflect life expectancy—even though it has dropped from 78.8 years in 2019 to 76.1 in 2022. Women in the U.S. are living on average six years longer than men.
