Obama's Social Security Plan: Some Will Pay More

(CNSNews.com) - It's an election year, and the politicians are once again talking about Social Security.

"The American dream feels like it's slipping away," Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said on Sunday, because "it's harder for people to save and it's harder for people to retire."

Speaking to group of senior citizens in Gresham, Oregon, the man who expects to be the Democratic presidential nominee raised the thorny Social Security issue. He criticized the George Bush/John McCain plan and offered one of his own.

Obama wants higher earners to pay more into the system -- to "protect" senior citizens "who have earned the right to retire with dignity."