{"id":30780,"date":"2012-10-23T15:13:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T21:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/23\/courage-and-sacrifice-for-thee-but-not-for-me.html"},"modified":"2012-10-24T05:42:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T11:42:40","slug":"courage-and-sacrifice-for-thee-but-not-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/23\/courage-and-sacrifice-for-thee-but-not-for-me.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Courage and sacrifice for thee, but not for me&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not surprisingly, the folks who are most enthusiastic about raising the Social Security retirement age aren&#39;t those who were likely to retire early and depend on Social Security.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F08%2Fsocial-security.jpeg.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/ezra-klein\/wp\/2012\/10\/15\/theres-nothing-courageous-about-raising-the-social-security-retirement-age\/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein'>There\u2019s nothing \u2018courageous\u2019 about raising the Social Security retirement age<\/a><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/4QoL3YURHPj' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not surprisingly, the folks who are most enthusiastic about raising the Social Security retirement age aren&#39;t those who were likely to retire early and depend on Social Security. 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