Public outcry raises doubts
Social Security cuts questioned
WASHINGTON (AP) - Con
gressional sources say that
President Reagan’s plan to
slash Social Security checks for
early retirees has stirred up
such a public outcry there is
little chance that 62-year-olds
will lose benefits next year.
In public and in private,
leaders in both parties are
questioning the Reagan admin
istration’s political judgment
over the way it sprang the plan,
which calls for major reductions
starting in 1982, especially for
persons retiring before age 65.
Indeed, the administration on
Tuesday appeared to be trying
to step back from the package.
Acting White House press
secretary Larry Speakes de
scribed the proposals as merely
a set of "ideas” solicited by a
House Ways and Means sub
committee. And he said he was
“sure" they could be improved
upon.
Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., on
Sunday criticized the adminis
tration’s timing in releasing the
package and predicted, "We’re
probably not going to do very
much very soon as far as the
early retirees are concerned.”
Dole, whose committee must
pass on any legislation to shore
up Social Security’s sagging old
age and survivors' trust fund,
said, "Those who will turn 62 in
the next few years probably
Deficit proposal
passes first test
WASHINGTON (AP) - A
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balanced federal budget
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want it,” said Sen. Strom Thur
mond, R-S.C., “I believe we
have a fine chance to get it
through the Congress this
year.”
Asked about Reagan admin
istration opposition to the
amendment, Sen. Orrin Hatch,
R-Utah, said he thinks Reagan
will change his mind once Con
gress shows its determination to
approve the amendment.
The proposal needs two
thirds approval from both the
Senate and House and
ratification by 38 states. The
amendment would tie any tax
increase to the growth of the
national income, unless Con
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higher levy.
Meanwhile, the House Ways
and Means Committee cut $9.1
billion from welfare, unem
ployment insurance, Social
Security, and Medicaid in an
effort to bring spending in line
with next year’s federal budget.
The cuts, which include the
controversial plan to delay next
year’s cost-of-living adjust
ments for Social Security
recipients, is still $116 million
short of the budget requir
ement.
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Senate Minority Leader
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said
Tuesday that Reagan’s advisers
may have miscalculated in
thinking the president’s
popularity would allow them "to
unravel the Social Security sys
tem.” Byrd added, "A new bar
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and Kennedy Center tickets
(won’t) put this one over” — a
reference to the personal favors
bestowed by Reagan upon
Democrats who supported his
budget guidelines.
A congressional source, who
asked not to be identified, said
the plan to pare early-retirement
benefits from 80 percent to 55
percent of full benefits starting
Jan. 1, 1982, "is two steps away
from death now. If it had any
chance at all, it would have to be
phased in."
Reagan proposed cutting
early retirement along with
sharp cuts in disability and a
change in the overall benefit
formula that ultimately would
reduce all benefits 10 percent
across the board. The package
was designed to lift Social
Security out of its current fiscal
straits and to avert an even
worse crisis 40 years from now.
Congress traditionally has
been reluctant to make any
rapid cuts in Social Security
benefits. Even the slightest ad
justment in the program can
affect the lives of thousands of
people.
But the unpopularity of the
proposed change on early retir
ement does not mean that
penalties will never be stiffened
for early retirement, nor does it
mean that the entire Reagan
package will be rejected out of
hand.
James Hacking, chief lobbyist
for the American Association of
Retired Persons and the Na
tional Retired Teachers As
sociation, said, ‘‘Given the fir
estorm reaction of people
any kind of severe cutbacks in
benefits in the short term (are)
dead in the water. But as far as
long-term changes go, it’s quite
another matter.
“I think the administration is
now sending signals that it is
willing to back off a bit,” Hack
ing said. “I think in the short
term, the net result is going to
be that they are going to have to
provide the system with more
revenue.” His organization
favors giving Social Security
temporary authority to borrow
from the Treasury.
Health and Human Services
Secretary Richard S.
Schweiker, who unveiled the
administration’s package May
12, was talking by week’s end
about its willingness to com
promise. ‘‘We didn’t come in
with an absolutist view,”
Schweiker told reporters.
Robert M. Ball, former Social
Security commissioner and
leader of a group called “Save
Our Security” that originally
was formed to fight Carter ad
ministration changes in the pro
gram, said the Reagan cuts go
far beyond what is needed to
restore Social Security’s health.
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