Matthew Whitaker on Social Security

	Matthew Whitaker on Social Security

No hope that Social Security will be there for future

Matt Whitaker, a Des Moines lawyer who played tight end for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team, got kudos from the audience for his statements about cutting spending.

"Let's be clear about this," Whitaker said, "my generation, my children that are here tonight, Social Security is a tax. Medicare is a tax. There is no hope that Social Security as it currently exists will be there be for me . or for anyone of our generation."

Source: Indianapolis Star on 2014 Iowa Senate race , Oct 24, 2013

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