TIME: The Candidates on the Issues: John Kerry

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JOHN KERRY
Social Security
Kerry opposes privatizing Social Security and is against raising the retirement age to 67 or reducing payments. He is still developing his plan on the issue but during one event in August, he tentatively raised the idea of capping payments to wealthy retired Americans. He hasn't mentioned it since.

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