Last month, I wrote about Project 2025, the governing blueprint written by top advisors to Donald Trump that has been promoted by his spokesperson and campaign. This week I want to look at a specific section of this plan that would be horrible for older Missourians.
In order to pay for its additional tax cuts for the wealthy, Project 2025 would raise America’s retirement age to 70 years old, which means that people would not be able to draw their Social Security until they turn 70.
Project 2025 would also privatize Medicare, significantly limiting seniors’ access to healthcare while lining the pockets of insurance companies. Project 2025 would accomplish this by making the privatized Medicare Advantage program the default Medicare program. If anyone has experience with the bureaucratic nightmare that is Medicare Advantage, they know how bad this would be if EVERY person on Medicare was automatically switched to it.
These two components of Project 2025 – raising the retirement age and privatizing Medicare – would be a disaster for older workers and retirees. The good news is we can fight back by registering to vote before October 9th. Then, on Election Day, vote
Representative Robert E. Sauls, a Democrat, represents the eastern part of Independence in Jackson County (District 21) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2018.
Prior to his legislative duties, Sauls was a Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney and a public defender. He also served as an assistant staff judge advocate in the United States Air Force.
Sauls graduated from William Chrisman High School in 1998. He received a bachelor’s degree in International Business from William Jewell College in 2002 and a juris doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2008.
Born in Independence, Sauls is a fourth generation resident and currently resides there with his son, Jackson.
