State of Ohio Archives: on Social Security
Tim Ryan:
Repeal offsets that reduce Social Security payments
Ryan [said],"I have been a strong supporter of repealing the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions." The WEP affects how the government calculates retirement or disability benefit. The GPO reduces the Social Security benefits a
person receives as a spouse if he or she also has a government pension not covered by Social Security. Ryan said this is especially unfair because a retired worker with a private pension would not be subject to the same Social Security offset.
Source: WFMJ-TV NBC-21 on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Mar 23, 2021
Jim Renacci:
Allow workers to privately invest portion of payroll taxes
Q: Support full or partial privatization of Social Security?Sherrod Brown (D): No. Strong opponent.
Jim Renacci (R): Partial. Allow workers "to privately invest a portion of their payroll taxes."
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Ohio Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
Sherrod Brown:
No full nor partial privatization of Social Security
Q: Support full or partial privatization of Social Security?Sherrod Brown (D): No. Strong opponent.
Jim Renacci (R): Partial. Allow workers "to privately invest a portion of their payroll taxes."
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Ohio Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
Mike Gibbons:
Opt-out of Social Security
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Privatize Social Security"?
A: Support the ability for individuals to opt-in to a program that would give them control over a portion of their Social Security
Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Ohio Senate candidate
Apr 24, 2018
Rob Portman:
Supported Bush's privatization, but no longer supports it
Q: On Social Security: Support full or partial Social Security privatization?
Portman: Did as Bush's budget director, now says he doesn't. Supported privatization as Bush budget director, but currently says doesn't support privatization
Strickland: No
Source: CampusElect Voter Guide to 2016 Ohio Senate race
Oct 9, 2016
Ted Strickland:
No Social Security privatization
Q: On Social Security: Support full or partial Social Security privatization?
Portman: Did as Bush's budget director, now says he doesn't. Supported privatization as Bush budget director, but currently says doesn't support privatization
Strickland: No
Source: CampusElect Voter Guide to 2016 Ohio Senate race
Oct 9, 2016
Richard Cordray:
Develop consumer tools to use with Social Security decisions
"To a consumer, when to start claiming Social Security payments is one of the key decisions˙they can make about their retirement,"˙said Cordray, director of the CFPB. Because claiming your benefit is a "one-time choice,"˙Cordray
said, "it is imperative that consumers can properly weigh their options." "We want consumers to use our tool to know and understand what it means to claim at their full retirement age vs. several years before and several years after," Cordray said.
Source: Jiayue Huang in USA Today on 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race
Nov 18, 2015
Josh Mandel:
Raise retirement age, but not for Baby Boomers or older
Mandel said he "has not come out in support" of Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan's budget plan, which called for reshaping Medicare."I believe it is unfair to change Medicare or Social Security for my grandmother and her generation and my
parents and my generation," he said, before accusing "politicians in Washington" of stealing from the Social Security Trust Fund. "We need to make common sense cuts in other parts of our government in order to fund Social Security and
Medicare far into our future." He said he'd consider raising the retirement eligibility age for "folks at least my age, probably some who are older," but not for baby boomers. Brown, meanwhile, said he wouldn't raise the retirement age for either
program, saying it's unfair to ask working class people to work until they're 70. He said the programs are "reliable and will be reliable for this generation and the next generation."
Source: Dayton Daily News on 2012 Ohio Senate debate
Oct 25, 2012
Sherrod Brown:
Don't raise retirement age; system has been reliable
Mandel said he "has not come out in support" of Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan's budget plan, which called for reshaping Medicare."I believe it is unfair to change Medicare or Social Security for my grandmother and her generation and my
parents and my generation," he said, before accusing "politicians in Washington" of stealing from the Social Security Trust Fund. "We need to make common sense cuts in other parts of our government in order to fund Social Security and
Medicare far into our future." He said he'd consider raising the retirement eligibility age for "folks at least my age, probably some who are older," but not for baby boomers. Brown, meanwhile, said he wouldn't raise the retirement age for either
program, saying it's unfair to ask working class people to work until they're 70. He said the programs are "reliable and will be reliable for this generation and the next generation."
Source: Dayton Daily News on 2012 Ohio Senate debate
Oct 25, 2012
Lee Fisher:
No benefit cuts; don't raise retirement age
Fisher and Portman sparred over jobs, Social Security and trade in their first of three Senate debates, drawing a stark contrast for voters as the state struggles to recover from the recession. Fisher sought to tie his opponent to the Bush administration
reminding viewers of Portman's service as budget director and US trade representative.Fisher rejected cutting Social Security benefits and raising the retirement age, although he does want a bipartisan commission to address the entitlement program's
long-term fiscal problems.
Although the Bush administration had sought to create private Social Security accounts, Portman said it was "not true" that he supported privatizing the program. Fisher often quotes from a 2007 interview in which
Portman called the Bush proposal "very sound."
Portman admonished Fisher to "stop scaring seniors" about Social Security. But he added, "We do need to look at reforming the system" to ensure that the entitlement program survives for future generations
Source: Washington Post coverage of 2010 Ohio Senate debate
Oct 5, 2010
Rob Portman:
Bush's proposal was sound, but I'm not for privatization
Fisher and Portman sparred over jobs, Social Security and trade in their first of three Senate debates, drawing a stark contrast for voters as the state struggles to recover from the recession. Fisher sought to tie his opponent to the Bush administration
reminding viewers of Portman's service as budget director and US trade representative.Fisher rejected cutting Social Security benefits and raising the retirement age, although he does want a bipartisan commission to address the entitlement program's
long-term fiscal problems.
Although the Bush administration had sought to create private Social Security accounts, Portman said it was "not true" that he supported privatizing the program. Fisher often quotes from a 2007 interview in which
Portman called the Bush proposal "very sound."
Portman admonished Fisher to "stop scaring seniors" about Social Security. But he added, "We do need to look at reforming the system" to ensure that the entitlement program survives for future generations
Source: Washington Post coverage of 2010 Ohio Senate debate
Oct 5, 2010
Lee Fisher:
Strengthen, preserve and protect Social Security
I believe we owe it to our senior citizens, the parents who raised us, the men and women who built our state and our country, to ensure they are taken care of in their retirement years.- Lee will work to strengthen, preserve and protect Social
Security for current and future generations as part of the basic guarantee between government and its citizens and will oppose efforts to privatize social security.
- Seniors deserve affordable access to the medications their doctors prescribe.
Lee supports the reimportation of safe, FDA-approved medications from Canada, which could save consumers $50 billion over 10 years.
- Vulnerable seniors can be victimized, physically and financially, even by the people who are supposed to be caring for
them. Lee worked to protect seniors from fraud and victimization as Ohio's Attorney General.
- As a State Senator in 1986, Lee authored and passed Ohio's Hospice Licensure Law to protect the rights of Ohioans in hospice care.
Source: 2010 Senate campaign website, fisherforohio.com, "Issues"
Dec 25, 2009
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