Issue Position: Social Security

Issue Position

The federal government has an obligation to honor the commitment it has made to our nation's citizens who have been paying into Social Security their whole life and are nearing retirement age. I have never and will never support reneging on our commitment to our seniors.

Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs need to be protected, not abused and exploited. Frequent borrowing from social security to pay for today's "priorities" has bankrupted the program. With unemployment at a record high and the cost of healthcare rising, the last thing our country needs is a tax hike or a cut to entitlements earned by senior citizens.

We must keep the promises that have been made to our seniors. We cannot let Social Security go bankrupt. In this decisive time, we need strong leadership that will promote fiscal responsibility so that we can ensure these programs will be viable for future generations of Americans.

Social Security is sound for today's seniors and for those nearing retirement, but it needs to be fixed for our children and grandchildren. We must act soon, because every year that we wait to fix this problem we will burden future generations with billions of dollars in debt.

I support President Obama's Bi-Partisan commission on deficit reduction's suggested reforms for entitlements and believe this should be the basic foundation for fixing Social Security for the next generation.

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