Q: The Senior Citizens League members are to a large extent Notch babies--those individuals who receive lower Social Security benefits because they were born in the years 1917 and immediately thereafter.
Do you support Notch Reform?
A: Yes. The disparity is unfair and needs to be corrected.
Source: Senior Citizens League Guide to the 2008 US Senate Campaigns
Oct 10, 2008
Doing nothing will be a disaster: raise retirement age
Q: Do you support Social Security Reform?
A: For political reasons, Congress refuses to address the impending failure of both Medicare and Social Security. How many more commissions do we need before we have the courage to fix these vital programs. The
answer to the problem is simple: you either have to increase your income or decrease your costs or do a combination of both. People may not be happy with raising the social security tax or raising the retirement age but doing nothing will be a disaster.
Source: Senior Citizens League Guide to the 2008 US Senate Campaigns
Oct 10, 2008
Don't privatize social security
Q: Do you support the statement, "Privatize social security"?
A: Do not support. Privatization will not fix social security. We need real fixes to save this program.
Source: Email interview on 2008 Senate race with OnTheIssues.org
Aug 13, 2008
Option for younger people to invest in personal accounts
Q: Do you favor, as a general rule, an option for younger people, if they want to, to invest some of the money they pay for Social Security in a personal account that would be theirs?
A: Yes.
Source: Interview on Crossfire with Paul Begala and Robert Novak
Nov 18, 2002
