Republican Tax Cut For Rich To Kill Social Security and Medicare

You didn't specify "public pensions". I happen to feel that our government should be phasing those out entirely. Those who currently have them of course shouldn't have the pension yanked out from under them, but new hires should be on 401Ks or whatever the public sector equivalent would be--just like most of the rest of us in the private sector. (There are some companies that offer pensions, so that is why I was vague initially.)
I do feel that the retirement age for public employees should be more in line with the average life expectancy in this country. 65 - 70 is not unreasonable.
I do feel that if folks want to retire early they should save up for it, make sacrifices in their lives now to be able to retire early and honestly be prepared to make further sacrifices later in life to live on less. I don't think my tax money should be paying anything towards that early retirement UNLESS that early retirement is forced due to physical disability.

What difference? I'm thinking of public pensions which are funded by the participant and the tax payers. Similar to social security with the exception that its my contributions now paying for my parents generation. With public pensions it's a %, and often a rather small % of a paycheck that goes toward a public pension with the rest funded through tax payers. They retire after about 30 years of service with a pretty nice pension on average, and some with a hefty pension if they played the game correctly. In Illinois, due to the budget woes here they just increased the age of retirement with full pension for teachers. Do you think that those with tax payer supported public pensions should also work until they can't, and not just when they don't want to work anymore. I have worked in the public school system and am still very active there. Most teachers I know are retiring between 52 and 55. They receive a full pension for the rest of their lives.
Here's an interesting article on the topic.
http://civfi.com/2010/05/22/funding-social-security-vs-public-pensions/

I guess in my part I'm looking at parents who both are complaining about how little money they get in retirement (only one of whom really does get very little) when both of them are still quite capable of working. It's hard on me thinking that I will very possibly end up spending my retirement savings taking care of them.