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“After five years of retirement, when you’re 70 years old, you could lose $645. And after 10 more years, when you’re 80 years old, you would’ve lost a grand total of $5,113. In 25 years under chained CPI, you would’ve lost a grand total of $13,715. That’s almost $14,000 of your hard-earned money, snatched from your wallet.” –David Certner, AARP…
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Obama campaign video: “AARP says (Romney’s plan) ‘would undermine … Medicare.’” Overview An October 9 Obama campaign video presents the AARP as saying the Romney/Ryan premium support “voucher” system “would undermine … Medicare.” The Facts The campaign video makes a series of claims about the Romney “voucher system” proposal before using a partial quotation from the AARP. The…
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