Martha McSally on Social Security

Let younger workers privately invest part of contributions

Martha McSally (R): Possibly. Increase retirement age for younger workers & let them privately invest part of their contributions.

Kyrsten Sinema (D): No. Opposes gambling in stock market with Social Security returns.

Promises made should be promises kept; no privatization

Decades of politicians kicking the can down the road has left us with a situation in which if we do nothing, we will not have enough resources to protect Social Security and Medicare for my generation and those who follow, and that is unacceptable. This is simply a math issue, so we must sit down and identify bipartisan solutions to strengthen these programs for the long haul.

We also must protect Social Security for current seniors and preserve it for future generations who are working now and paying into it. However, I am against any effort to privatize Social Security because seniors have paid into this program their entire lives and are relying on it for retirement security. We cannot violate our promise to them.

Opposes personal retirement accounts, rated by Faith2Action.

Faith2Action.org is "the nation's largest network of pro-family groups." They provide election resources for each state, including Voter Guides and Congressional Scorecards excerpted here. The F2A survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?'

Opposes personal retirement accounts, according to PVS rating.

Project VoteSmart infers summary responses from campaign statements and news reports The PVS survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?'