Invest Social Security funds; privately or via Trust Fund

Lazio supports the following principles regarding Social Security:
• Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts which are managed by the government.
• Invest a portion of the budget surplus into the Social Security trust fund.

Voted YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits.

Voted NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox.

Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings.

[As part of the Contract with America, within 100 days we pledge to bring to the House Floor the following bill]:

The Senior Citizens Fairness Act:
Raise the Social Security earnings limit, which currently forces seniors out of the workforce; repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security; and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years.