July 30, 2010
CD8 GOP frontrunners want to gamble Social Security in the stock market
Forty-five minutes into the CD8 GOP primary debate on KUAT on July 30, 2010, host and moderator Bill Buckmaster asked the candidates if they support privatizing Social Security. Read their responses for yourself:
Jonathan Paton: “I think we also need to make sure that younger people at least have an option to set aside some of that money to invest it as they see fit. They should have that choice. Not, not – it shouldn’t be mandated and it shouldn’t be the entire amount, but they should have that choice.”
Jesse Kelly: “We must… It’s not an option.”
While Gabrielle Giffords stands up for Southern Arizona, her opponents’ commitment to rejected ideas and failed policies was absolute. Neither of them bothered to explain how current retirees’ benefits could be met under the privatization plan. With no new ideas of their own, they would take Southern Arizona backwards.
