U.S. News and World Report: on Social Security

Jim Hood: Encourage more state retirees to run for state legislature

The once obscure question of whether retired public employees can collect state pensions while serving in the Mississippi Legislature looms large in some Democrats' electoral hopes for 2019 [by allowing more experienced candidates to run for the state legislature]. Hood accused Republicans of trying to pressure the pension system board to flout his opinion or delay complying until after the March 1 election qualifying deadline. That could cut retired public employees running for office.

Rudy Giuliani: Trust me on Social Security reform, but no details yet

Q: What's your plan to deal with Social Security?

A: Social Security is something we can straighten out if I get elected. We should put together 5 Democratic & 5 Republican senators and tell them, "Give me 2 or 3 options, and then we'll negotiate it out." And I should tell you my style of working with a legislature. I always proposed more tax cuts than I got, and I always proposed a multiple-choice list of tax cuts because I was willing to deal with a Democratic legislature and Democratic City Council. If you don't want to lower the one I want to lower, maybe there is one you want to lower, and we can make a deal.