2015 LA Governor's race: on Social Security


Jay Dardenne: Merge Elderly Affairs & Veterans Affairs into one department

Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne intends to elevate the Office of Elderly Affairs to a cabinet level position by merging it with the Department of Veterans Affairs. "This is not an expansion of government; it's another example of how we can do more with less and put a renewed emphasis on the needs of our aging population," Dardenne said, and added that more than 50% of our veterans are over the age of 60.

Currently, the Office of Elderly Affairs is part of the Office of the Governor. It was created in 1956 by the Legislature as the Commission on Aging. The office serves 800,852 Louisiana residents aged 60 and older, or roughly 18% of Louisiana's population.

The Department of Veterans Affairs was created in 2003 to provide health care, education, disability benefits, long care, and burial honors services to Louisiana's 330,000 veterans. "Obviously, not every veteran is elderly, but there are similarities in service needs and health concern shared by both groups," Dardenne said.

Source: 2015 Louisiana Governor's campaign website JayDardenne.com Aug 5, 2015

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Candidates and political leaders on Social Security:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R)
Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)
Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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