It always makes for a good laugh when Reagan-worshipping Republicans decide to lecture Democrats and the nation about fiscal responsibility and the inevitable insolvency of Social Security, as Sen. Rand Paul did on Friday when he said that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ plan to expand the program (by extending the payroll tax to higher income levels) would be a “disservice” to the American people.
via Salon.
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Paul has called for the partial privatization of Social Security, a program he previously referred to as “a Ponzi scheme.”
He proposes the gradual increase of the retirement age for Social Security recipients and promotes means testing benefits to reduce payouts to high-income retirees.
Paul is also an advocate of reforming the Social Security disability trust fund, which is set to run out of money in 2016.
In January, Paul complained that “over half of the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts,” according to a recording by American Bridge, a liberal tracking group.
Paul later clarified that, “there are people who are truly disabled, so the program should first of all prioritize those who are truly disabled.”
via Business Insider.
Republicans like Rand Paul continue their Social Security scare campaign, full of fiction and no fact. The Budget Deal did NOT steal money from Social Security but it did prevent a 20% cut to people with disabilities. Maybe the Senator doesn’t realize that the disability program IS Social Security?!
Republican presidential candidates’ rationale for raising the retirement age, that we’re all living longer, holds true for those with multiple diplomas, homes in safe neighborhoods and a plan for golden-age leisure. In other words, for the wealthy.
via Bloomberg.
Gov. Jeb Bush
Gov. Chris Christie
Dr. Ben Carson
Donald Trump
Carly Fiorina
Sen. Rand Paul
Sen. Ted Cruz
Sen. Marco Rubio
Gov. Mike Huckabee
Raising the Retirement Age IS a benefit cut.
There are few policies as popular with politicians, but unpopular with voters, as raising Social Security’s retirement age. It’s a perennial feature of bipartisan budget negotiations — the Simpson-Bowles report proposed it, for instance — and both Jeb Bush and Chris Christie have endorsed it. If establishment Washington has a platform, raising the Social Security retirement age is squarely at its core.
via VOX.
Presidential hopeful Senator Rand Paul has a clear message for working Americans and their families.
In Rand Paul’s America, the government really is smaller: Paul cuts the budget of the National Institutes of Health by 20 percent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by 20 percent, NASA by 25 percent, the Justice Department by 28 percent, the Environmental Protection Agency by 29 percent, the Department of Transportation by 49 percent, the National Science Foundation by 62 percent, and the State Department by 71 percent. He gets rid of the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, and the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs. He substantially privatizes both Social Security and Medicare.
via VOX.
Support for Expanding Social Security Grows & Right-Wingers Panic.
In addition to the 36 percent who say they will have to rely primarily on Social Security, 48 percent say it will be a minor but necessary source. But then there’s the reality of actual rather than future retirement: “This year, 59% of retirees say Social Security is a major income source for them. Though the percentage has varied in any given year, a majority have said this each time Gallup has asked the question."
via Daily Kos.
Support for Expanding Social Security Grows & Right-Wingers Panic.
Seniors rely on the mail for everything from bill paying to collecting #SocialSecurity benefits. We must #SaveTheUSPS! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/postal-service-louis-dejoy-delivery-10-year-plan/
