State of New Hampshire secondary Archives: on Social Security

Chris Sununu: Flexible retirement savings, and ensure Soc. Sec. solvency

Christopher T. Sununu: In order to encourage more saving, we need to provide financial flexibility through new and innovative programs that will boost & encourage savings. From reducing energy bills to lowering tax burdens, my campaign has centered on giving individuals the freedom to save more. Upward economic mobility becomes a reality when people have a wide range of incentives to save their hard-earned dollars. We should look at all possibilities, and one option is to examine tax-free savings plans, specifically, 529 plans for education. Furthermore, it is critical that we ensure Social Security's solvency, now and into the future.

Colin Van Ostern: The most effective thing a governor can do to enhance retirement security is to help businesses thrive and create good jobs so that people are in a position to save for their retirement.

Colin Van Ostern: Focus on good jobs so people can save for retirement

Colin Van Ostern: The most effective thing a governor can do to enhance retirement security is to help businesses thrive and create good jobs so that people are in a position to save for their retirement. As a state, we must always be looking for opportunities to assist our residents in saving for retirement. As governor I will strengthen job training programs so our people have the skills they need to get a good job; invest in infrastructure which creates construction jobs and the means for goods and services to be transported; and reduce college loan debt so that young workers can start saving for their retirement earlier.

Christopher T. Sununu: In order to encourage more saving, we need to provide financial flexibility through new and innovative programs that will boost & encourage savings. Furthermore, it is critical that we ensure Social Security's solvency, now and into the future.

Gary Bauer: Relieve tax burden via smaller retirement benefits

Gary Bauer: Preserve social security by reform without privatization

George W. Bush: Keep promise to retirees but consider raising retirement age

Rick Santorum: Means testing: reduce benefits for wealthy seniors

SANTORUM: I would agree with Governor Huntsman about means testing. We have to make sure that we're not going to burden future generations with a Social Security program that's underfunded. It's underfunded right now. And we have to take those who have been successful who are seniors who have a tremendous amount of wealth and we ought to reduce benefits. It makes no sense for folks who are struggling right now to pay their payroll tax which is the biggest tax--it's tax on labor, makes us uncompetitive--and the idea that some on the left would have to raise those taxes to make labor even more uncompetitive for those working people who are trying to get a job to subsidize high-income seniors doesn't make any sense to me.

Steve Forbes: Raising retirement age betrays promise to American retirees