2024 MI Senate race: on Social Security


Leslie Love: Stop Republicans from slashing Social Security & Medicare

Love, a former representative of Detroit who served from 2015-2020, said that her mother has served as an inspiration for entering the race. "My mother's dignity is important. Michigan families and healthcare workers deserve that same respect and support," she said. "We'll keep MAGA Republicans from slashing Social Security and Medicare, and we will work to make a system that respects being able to afford to grow old."
Source: Lansing State Journal on 2024 Michigan Senate race May 15, 2023

James Craig: Eliminate taxation of Social Security benefits

Social security is the largest government program and by itself makes up almost a quarter of all government spending. To qualify, claimants pay social security taxes on their earnings for their entire lives. On top of the tax that's assessed for qualification for social security benefits, the social security benefits that one who's eligible receives are also taxed. This is among the most egregious instances of double taxation in the tax code and should be eliminated lock, stock and barrel.
Source: 2024 Michigan Senate campaign website ChiefJamesCraig.com Oct 10, 2023

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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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