Ron DeSantis expects shortened lifespans to shore up Social Security
People may be dying earlier in recent years, but one ancillary benefit of that is it lessens the burden on entitlements for senior citizens.
That’s the take of presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, who told a crowd in New Hampshire that shorter lifespans will give Social Security a longer runway without raising eligibility ages.
“What I don’t think people are acknowledging the way they should is that life expectancy in this country is declining. And so, you know, we used to think it was just gonna keep going up. I mean, it’s been a pretty steep decline. So I don’t see how you raise it if life expectancy is declining,” DeSantis said in Windham.
DeSantis said that the decrease in lifespans isn’...
