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Congressman John Larson is a champion for seniors!
We have endorsed his Social Security 2100 Act.
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National Committee president Max Richtman will be attending this event speaking about the current state of Social Security and the Social Security 2100 Act.
For years, seniors have told us that they need their Social Security benefits boosted. They want fairer cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) that reflect retirees’ true living expenses. They say it’s time for the wealthy to start paying their fair share in Social Security payroll contributions. Congressman John Larson’s Social Security 2100 Act would achieve all of that – and more.
The bill would keep the system solvent for nearly the rest of this century while modestly boosting benefits – and cutting taxes for retirees. Not only do seniors and advocates support this bill, the American public has affirmed the proposals that it embodies in poll after poll, across party lines and age groups.
As a doctor, I’m an enthusiastic supporter of the Social Security 2100 Act, sponsored by Rep. John Larson (D-CT) and co-sponsored by 210 House Democrats. This legislation will go a long way toward preserving and improving public health.
Under current law, Social Security benefits will be automatically cut by 20 percent in 2035. That would be disastrous for seniors, for Americans with disabilities, and for children. It would make it even harder for my patients to afford the medications I prescribe and buy the nutritious food they need to stay healthy.
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National Committee president Max Richtman is urging the House Ways and Means Committee to boost Social Security — and keep the system financially sound for the rest of the century — as it takes up the Social Security 2100 Act. The bill, introduced by Congressman John Larson (D-CT), receives its first full committee hearing today after years of inaction by the former House majority. In his testimony to the committee, Richtman emphasizes that the National Committee enthusiastically endorses the bill on behalf of its millions of members and supporters.
Now that the Democrats have control of the U.S. House, Congress is actually holding hearings (under regular order, no less) on boosting Social Security – a topic the GOP-majority House eschewed. Congressman John Larson (D-CT) chaired a hearing of the House Social Security subcommittee Wednesday that made plain the stakes for current and future seniors – and the fundamental disagreement between the two parties about Social Security’s future.
“What the American want and deserve are solutions. The last time Congress seriously did something about Social Security, Ronald Reagan was President and Tip O’Neill was Speaker. We believe it’s long overdue for us to move forward on this issue.” – Rep. John Larson, 4/10/19
Today, Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) chaired the second in a series of hearings focused on protecting and improving Social Security. This hearing was focused on enhancing Social Security benefits. Larson’s opening statement can be found here.
“Social Security is the working American’s retirement guarantee. It is the floor for their retirement savings, and many seniors heavily rely on it. For nearly two-thirds it represents the majority of their retirement income. That’s why we need to enhance benefits, so that no one who has worked their whole life can retire into poverty. The Social Security 2100 Act will strengthen this guarantee and allow seniors to retire with dignity, by providing stronger benefits for them,” said Larson.
Max Richtman, the President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, testified at today’s hearing saying: “We believe there is a consensus supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans to close Social Security’s modest funding gap and improve Social Security benefits. It is also important that any plan strike the right balance between the overall financial needs of the program and the specific needs that still exist for strengthening the protections that Social Security provides.”
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Don’t miss our live conversation with Congressman John Larson (D-CT), author of the Social Security 2100 Act. His legislation keeps Social Security solvent until the next century and boosts benefits!
U.S. Rep. John Larson has long focused on shoring up Social Security.
Now he has some powerful new allies. On Thursday, Larson, a Democrat from East Hartford, will launch the “Expand Social Security Caucus,’’ a bicameral effort to strengthen the program.
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Expanding Social Security benefits is not only the right thing to do for beneficiaries struggling to make ends meet; it will enhance Social Security’s role in boosting the economy. Social Security already provides more than $1.6 trillion in national economic stimulus every year.With the 116th Congress kicking off on January 3, 2019, and the Democrats seizing control of the House, it did not take long for a bill to emerge that would strengthen and expand the nation’s Social Security program. Seven years ago, when U.S. Congressman John Larson (D-CT) first introduced the Social Security 2100 Act during the 113th Congress, the GOP controlled Congress blocked a fair hearing and vote. Now, with a Democratic majority in the House Larson’s Social Security proposal will finally get a thorough review as Democrats take control of the House Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor. These committees have oversight of Social Security.
Larson chose to throw the bill into legislative hopper on the 137th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birth, who signed Social Security into law in 1935…
…“For years, fiscal hawks have told us that the only way to ‘save’ Social Security is to cut benefits for future retirees. Congressman Larson’s bill is a resounding rebuke to those claims. The Social Security Act 2100 keeps the program financially sound for most of this century while boosting benefits for millions of beneficiaries,” said Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
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Boosting — rather than cutting — Social Security makes good financial sense. The program provides more than one trillion dollars in fiscal stimulus to the nation’s economy, as seniors, workers with disabilities and survivors spend their benefits on goods and services in all fifty states.
President Roosevelt’s vision has most certainly endured. Today, Social Security provides some 61 million Americans and their families with basic financial security upon retirement or disability. For older Americans, Social Security can mean the difference between financial well-being and poverty. Two out of three seniors rely on Social Security for most of their income, and one-third of seniors depend on it for at least 90% of their income. Public polling consistently shows that Social Security enjoys overwhelming support from majorities of Americans across party lines.
Over the years, Social Security has been modified (with bipartisan support) to expand benefits and keep the system financially sound. This year, Social Security has come under new threat from budget hawks in the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill. But as generations of Roosevelts have
shown us, Social Security is worth fighting for. On this, Social Security’s 82nd anniversary, we at the National Committee recommit ourselves to preserving this landmark program for current and future generations of Americans.
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