Rick Berg on Social Security

Against privatizing Social Security

Berg opposes privatizing Social Security and wants to find creative ways to decrease the program's deficit without raising payroll taxes or reducing benefits. Source: Washington Post, "Post Politics" , Mar 2, 2012

Don't privatize; don't raise the retirement age

We made a promise to our seniors that Social Security would be there for them, and Rick is committed to keeping that promise. However, clearly the system is broken and must be addressed. Working together, we must find a way to preserve and strengthen Social Security without raising payroll taxes, reducing benefits, increasing the retirement age, or privatizing the system so it is available to all Americans for generations to come. Source: 2010 House campaign website, bergforcongress.com, "Issues" , Nov 2, 2010

Opposes private retirement accounts.

Berg opposes the CC survey question on private retirement accounts

The Christian Coalition voter guide [is] one of the most powerful tools Christians have ever had to impact our society during elections. This simple tool has helped educate tens of millions of citizens across this nation as to where candidates for public office stand on key faith and family issues.

The CC survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: "Allowing individuals to invest a portion of their Social Security tax in private retirement accounts"

Source: Christian Coalition Survey 10-CC-q6 on Aug 11, 2010

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