Sen. Jim Bunning said today the eligibility for full Social Security benefits should quickly be pushed from age 67 to 70. He said just doing this would put Social Security on "a sound financial basis until 2075."
He also advocated lowering cost-of-living raises for Social Security recipients.
Asked about the bailout bill currently before Congress, Bunning repeated that it was a step toward socialism and that most people understand that and oppose the bill.
"About 95% of my calls are against the bill and the other 5% are from mayors and government employees in Kentucky," Bunning said.
Bunning also mentioned a recent poll showing him ahead of all potential Democratic rivals. He said the results were closer than they should have been because the polling was completed during the ice storm, when much of western Kentucky was without power.
He said that he plans to run his own poll the first week of March.