Paul Mitchell on Social Security

Protect and preserve the promises we made to our seniors

As your member of Congress I would pursue the following fiscal priorities:
• Take steps to protect and preserve Social Security and Medicare so the promises we made to our seniors, and they paid for, can be honored so that they can count on a secure retirement.
• Work to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in our social welfare system which have exploded under the Obama administration and have driven costs ever higher.
• Pass and enforce work requirements for welfare programs that help instill the dignity of work and receiving a paycheck while breaking the cycle of dependence on the government.

Opposes diverting some FICA into personal accounts.

The Project Vote Smart Voter Guide inferred how candidates would respond to the question, 'Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?' Project Vote Smart notes, "in response to the increasing unwillingness of candidates to answer issue questions, Project Vote Smart has researched Congressional candidates' public records to determine candidates' likely responses on certain key issues. These issue positions, from the year 2016, are provided [for candidates who] refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests. Historically, candidates have failed to complete our test due to the advice they receive from their parties and advisors and out of fear of negative attack ads."