DES MOINES – Democratic Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Braley has no plan to save Social Security from going broke, says Senate candidate Joni Ernst. Her campaign said Tuesday that “while Braley looks for election year photo opportunities and tries to score cheap political points with his empty rhetoric, the over 600,000 Iowans on Social Security and those who are already paying toward the system in hopes that it will be there when they reach retirement face the prospect of cuts due to his continued delay and inaction. Bruce Braley should be ashamed.”
Joni Ernst has repeatedly said on the issue of Social Security, “I believe that we must first and foremost protect the promises made to our seniors, like my own mom and dad, and those middle class parents who are already paying into the system on their own pathway toward retirement. But we need real solutions for those young workers about to enter the workforce in order to ensure this safety net is there for future generations that include my own daughter and grandchildren.”
She continued by saying, “The Braley Social Security Plan is to let it go broke. Instead of having an honest conversation that involves a public debate of solutions, Bruce Braley would rather use it as a political talking point to get elected. We need a solution, not Bruce Braley’s typical Washington ‘do nothing’ approach that only guarantees the system will go broke. Bruce Braley, what’s your plan to secure Social Security for future generations of Iowans?”
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At the University of California Santa Barbara, 6 people were murdered and 22 were wounded. Mrs. Ernst called this an “unfortunate accident”. Jeez, Joni, what the hell was 9-11….a fraternity prank?!! You’re right to compare her to Sarah Palin.
She is our very own Sarah Palin. You bettcha mamma grizzley.
It is really sleazy when a candidate wants to hand over Social Security to Wall Street when her campaign is funded by the Koch brothers and Wall Street.
your trust fund is funded with IOUs. try buying a loaf of bread with a iou
And what exactly is Ernst’s plan?
While she criticizes Braley for not having a plan, it seems odd that she offers none herself, most likely because her plan would involve privatizing ss and handing it over to Wall Street.
1. SS can never go “broke”. It is prohibited by law from paying more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes.
2. The trust fund in 2013 had net assets of $2.67 trillion, from $2.61 trillion in 2012.
3. That trust fund, established under Reagan, was pre-funding for boomers’ retirement when he raised the ss tax. It was expected to be paid down, and will, as boomers retire.
4. An increase in the payroll tax of 1 percentage point phased in over 20 yr solves any future…
are you serious?