Christie Says Willing To Change Medicare, Social Security To Save Them

Days before the first GOP presidential debate, candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is proposing changes to Medicare and Social Security to save them from default in the next decade.
“We have got to have this conversation,” Christie said during a conference in Atlanta hosted by conservative activist Erik Erickson. “And other than me, nobody in this race is willing to talk about it. It’s ridiculous.”
Christie urged Americans to consider raising the eligibility age for younger Americans to give them time to prepare and creating some means testing to exclude wealthy individuals from the programs.
The Christie also blasted Joe Biden and national Republicans for earlier this year agreeing they weren’t going to touch the two primary entitlement programs in America.
“The most disgusting part of Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this year was when he stood up, and he said, ‘We’ll all agree, right? We’re not going to do anything to Social Security?’ And both sides got up and cheered,” he recalled.