Positions and Views of Mark Pryor
on Social Security & Pensions
| Currently Elected U.S. Senate, Arkansas |
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| Social Security & Pensions |
Positions and Views |
| Social Security, a General Statement |
Ensuring our senior citizens can live their retirement years in dignity is a promise that each new generation of Americans must make to the generation before. We must preserve and protect Social Security. To that end, I am strongly opposed to taking money out of the Social Security trust fund and investing it in the stock market. As the saying goes, when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is and that is certainly the case with this proposal.
We must look for ways to strengthen Social Security without putting it at risk. In Arkansas alone, over 500,000 of our citizens receive Social Security benefits. For many Arkansas seniors, Social Security is the only means they have to put a roof over their heads or food in their mouths. This safety net must be maintained if we are to ensure that our seniors will have a sound income in their golden years.
Source: pryor.senate.gov/issues/defense.cfm (04/21/2008) |
| Privatizing Social Security |
I am strongly opposed to taking money out of the Social Security trust fund and investing it in the stock market. As the saying goes, when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is and that is certainly the case with this proposal.
Source: Candidate Website (10/04/2008) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Long Term Viability of Social Security |
| Social Security Trust Fund |
| Raising the Retirement Age or Reducing Payment Levels |
| Means Testing for Social Security Payments |
| Tax on Social Security Benefits |
| Pensions, a General Statement |
| Pension Reform |
| Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
| Corporate Defined Benefit Pension Defaults |
| Key Employee Retention Plans |
| Individual Retirement Accounts |
| 401(k) Plans |
| Savers' Credit |
| Other Retirement Improvements |