Your retirement security, as well as that of future retirees, is on the line in the 2016 presidential elections.
The outcome of the election will play a major role in the future of Social Security and Medicare, two federal programs that millions of people rely on to sustain themselves.
That’s why it’s so important to stand with those who will stand by us.
CSEA has endorsed Hillary Clinton for U.S. president and one of the many reasons why we are supporting Clinton’s candidacy is because she will support you and other retirees and middle class people.
“There is no question that Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate in the race for President and has demonstrated her ability to lead over and over again,” CSEA President Danny Donohue said. “Just as important, she has earned the respect of CSEA members and other working people, and the majority of our members strongly support her candidacy.”
“American workers built the middle class by fighting for higher wages, safer working conditions, retirement security, and the right to collectively bargain,” Clinton said after CSEA endorsed her.
“Now, working families are under attack by Republicans who want to silence workers, strip them of their hard-won rights, and keep stacking the deck for those at the top. As president, I will stand up for workers and fight attacks on collective bargaining. I will fight to protect retirement security, including defined benefit plans and Social Security — because when unions are strong, families are strong, and when families are strong, America is strong.”
Social Security
Clinton strongly supports preserving and protecting Social Security, and proposes to strengthen the program in the following ways (source: HillaryClinton.com):
- Defend the program against attacks by its opponents, including fighting privatization attempts, opposing reducing annual cost-of-living adjustments, opposing efforts to raise the retirement age and opposing closing the long-term shortfall on the backs of the middle class.
- Expand Social Security for widows and for those who took significant time away from the paid work force to care for family members.
- Ask the wealthiest people to contribute more to Social Security, with options including taxing some of their income above the current Social Security cap, and taxing some income that isn’t now being taxed.
Medicare
Clinton supports preserving Medicare, which has been enhanced by Affordable Care Act provisions that have made preventive care available without cost sharing and have begun to close the drug coverage gap, also known as the “donut hole.”
She would also continue to negotiate for lower drug costs and expand on reforms to the system of delivering care. Some Republican candidates support repealing the Affordable Care Act and privatizing or otherwise reducing Medicare benefits.
