Claude Pepper
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Oct 7, 2026
Wendell PrimusGUEST
Uh, but the long run, um, raising the retirement age came out of the Ways and Means Committee, and it was adopted on the floor.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
There was, um, Mr. Pepper who said we ought to raise the retirement age.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
Claude, um, I mean, Mr. Pickle said we ought to raise the retirement age, uh, Ways and Means member.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
Claude Pepper said we ought to raise the tax rate.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
That debate went to the House floor, and basically, enough Democrats sided with most of the Republicans, and we raised the retirement age.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
So that, that change was brought about by Congress, not by the Greenspan Commission.
Michael D. BrownHOST
But it scares me because he, he uses, because he waves the socialist flag, socialist Democrat, and people don't understand what that means.
Michael D. BrownHOST
You know, I once worked for a guy that we called Senator Claude Pepper, who was from Florida.
Michael D. BrownHOST
He was a congressman, but we called him senator because at one time he had been a United States senator, but he was beaten for re-election because the people that ran against him understood that most of, many of the people in his jurisdiction, uh, m- many of his constituents were itinerant farm workers that were uneducated.
Michael D. BrownHOST
And they ran a smear campaign saying that he was a heterosexual who practiced monogamy and celibacy before marriage.
James WallnerHOST
We have, you know, Sam Rayburn was Speaker well into his late 70s.
James WallnerHOST
Um, Claude Pepper, right, super is Fl- uh, Floridian, um, in his late 70s and 80s, right? And he ultimately, um, he chaired, ironically, the, the House Select Committee on Aging, but he also chaired the Rules Committee into the '80s.
James WallnerHOST
He died in office at 88, but he was a champion of things like Social Security, Medicare, et cetera.
James WallnerHOST
I mean, Strom Thurmond was basically, like, one of the early figures from the Bible.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
but the long run raising the retirement age came out of the Ways and Means Committee, and it was adopted on the floor.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
There was Mr. Pepper, who said we ought to raise the retirement age.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
I mean, Mr. Pickles said we ought to raise the retirement age, Ways and Means member.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
Claude Pepper said we ought to raise the tax rate.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
That debate went to the House floor, and basically enough Democrats sided with most of the Republicans, and we raised the retirement age.
Wendell PrimusGUEST
So that change was brought about by Congress, not by the Greenspan Commission.
Bob DoleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we don't want to do that.
Bob DoleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We want to protect senior citizens, just like we did in 1983 with Social Security when I was on a commission with Claude Pepper and others, a bipartisan commission appointed by Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill.
Bob DoleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We rescued Social Security from bankruptcy, and it's in good shape, at least until the year 2013.
Bob DoleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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