Seth Moulton on Social Security

	Seth Moulton on Social Security Democratic Presidential Challenger (withdrawn); MA Rep.

Eliminate the payroll tax cap to cover most of funding gap

Social Security is one of our greatest achievements of the last century, and a contract between generations that we must honor. However, the current system is threatened because it does not cope with ongoing demographic changes. As our population ages, we need to support those seniors that paid into the system and ensure that future generations also benefit. That's why we need to eliminate the payroll tax cap. Today, someone who makes $1 million a year pays the same amount into Social Security as someone who makes $120,000. That's not right. Eliminating the payroll tax cap will cover nearly all of the Social Security funding gap, and ensure that Social Security is solvent for decades to come. Source: 2014 House campaign website, SethMoulton.com , Sep 1, 2014

Opposes personal retirement accounts, rated by Faith2Action.

Moulton opposes the F2A survey question on personal retirement accounts

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?'

Source: Faith2Action Survey 14-F2A-Q6 on Jul 30, 2014

Opposes personal retirement accounts, according to PVS rating.

Moulton opposes the PVS survey question on personal retirement accounts

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?'

Source: Project VoteSmart Inferred Survey 14-PVS-q6 on Sep 30, 2014

Click here for definitions & background information on Social Security. Click here for HouseMatch answers by Seth Moulton. Click here for a summary of Seth Moulton's positions on all issues. Click here for a summary of Seth Moulton's positions on the AmericansElect.org quiz. Click here for contact information for Seth Moulton. Click here for a Wikipedia profile of Seth Moulton. Click here for a Ballotpedia profile of Seth Moulton. Click here for other MA politicians. Click here for MA primary archives. Click here for MA secondary archives.
*2017-18 Governor, House and Senate candidates on Social Security:*			*Seth Moulton on other issues:*
*MA Gubernatorial:* Bill Weld Bob Massie Charlie Baker Dan Wolf Deval Patrick Don Berwick Jay Gonzalez Jesse Gordon Karyn Polito Lawrence Lessig Martha Coakley Marty Walsh Richard Tisei Setti Warren Steve Grossman Tom Menino Warren Tolman *MA Senatorial:* Beth Lindstrom Ed Markey Elizabeth Warren Geoff Diehl Heidi Wellman Joe Kennedy III John Kingston Shannon Liss-Riordan Shiva Ayyadurai *Freshman class of 2019:* "Freshman class" means "not in Congress in January 2017", with exceptions: * Special election, so sworn in other than Jan. 2019 Served in Congress in a previous term * Lost recount or general election	*Freshman class of January 2019 (Republicans):* AZ-8:Lesko CA-39:Kim FL-6:Waltz ; FL-15:Spano ; FL-17:Steube GA-7:Woodall ID-1:Fulcher IN-4:Baird IN-6:Pence KS-2:Watkins MN-1:Hagedorn ; MN-8:Stauber MS-3:Guest MT-0:Gianforte NC-9:Harris ND-a:Armstrong NM-2:Herrell OH-12:Balderson ; OH-16:Gonzalez OK-1:Hern PA-9:Meuser ; PA-11*:Smucker ; PA-12:Keller ; PA-13:Joyce ; PA-14:Reschenthaler SC-4:Timmons SD-0:Johnson TN-2:Burchett ; TN-6:Rose ; TN-7:Green TX-2:Crenshaw ; TX-3:Taylor ; TX-5:Gooden ; TX-6:Wright ; TX-21:Roy ; TX-27*:Cloud VA-5:Riggleman ; VA-6:Cline WI-1:Steil WV-3:Miller	*Freshman class of January 2019 (Democrats):* AZ-2:Kirkpatrick ; AZ-9:Stanton CA-49:Levin ; CA-10:Harder ; CA-21:Cox ; CA-25:Hill ; CA-39:Cisneros ; CA-45:Porter ; CA-48:Rouda CO-2:Neguse ; CO-6:Crow CT-5:Hayes FL-26:Mucarsel-Powell ; FL-27:Shalala GA-6:McBath HI-1:Case IA-1:Finkenauer ; IA-3:Axne IL-4:Garcia ; IL-6:Casten ; IL-14:Underwood KS-3:Davids KY-6**:McGrath MA-3:Trahan ; MA-7:Pressley MD-6:Trone ME-2:Golden MI-8:Slotkin ; MI-9:Levin ; MI-13:Tlaib ; MI-13:Jones ; MI-11:Stevens MN-2:Craig ; MN-3:Phillips ; MN-5:Omar NC-9*:McCready NH-1:Pappas NJ-2:Van Drew ; NJ-3:Kim ; NJ-7:Malinowski ; NJ-11:Sherrill NM-1:Haaland ; NM-2:Torres Small NV-3:Lee ; NV-4:Horsford NY-14:Ocasio-Cortez ; NY-11:Rose ; NY-19:Delgado ; NY-22:Brindisi ; NY-25:Morelle OK-5:Horn PA-4:Dean ; PA-5:Scanlon ; PA-6:Houlahan ; PA-7:Wild ; PA-17*:Lamb SC-1:Cunningham TX-7:Fletcher ; TX-16:Escobar ; TX-29:Garcia ; TX-32:Allred UT-4:McAdams VA-2:Luria ; VA-7:Spanberger ; VA-10:Wexton WA-8:Schrier	Abortion Budget/Economy Civil Rights Corporations Crime Drugs Education Energy/Oil Environment Families Foreign Policy Free Trade Govt. Reform Gun Control Health Care Homeland Security Immigration Jobs Principles Social Security Tax Reform Technology War/Peace Welfare/Poverty *Candidate Information:* Main Page Profile MA politicians

Page last updated: Jun 13, 2020

Seth Moulton on Social Security

Democratic Presidential Challenger (withdrawn); MA Rep.

Eliminate the payroll tax cap to cover most of funding gap

Opposes personal retirement accounts, rated by Faith2Action.

Opposes personal retirement accounts, according to PVS rating.