Dan Boren on Social Security

Democratic Representative (OK-2)

Oppose raising retirement age and any privatization plan

Boren believes we should not raise the Normal Retirement Age (NRA). He believes that Social Security funds are too precious to be trusted to any kind of privatization scheme. He will not support any reduction in the cost of living adjustment. He does not support means-testing for Social Security. He supports lower-cost prescriptions for all seniors through Medicare. He strongly opposes proposals to require seniors to give up their traditional Medicare and go into an HMO in order to get drug benefits. Source: Campaign website, BorenforCongress.com Nov 2, 2004

Strengthen Trust Funds and take them off-budget.

Boren adopted the Blue Dog Coalition letter:

Blue Dog budget framework

Take the Social Security and Medicare trust fund surpluses off-budget and require that the trust fund surpluses be saved for Social Security and Medicare
Reserve half of the on-budget surplus over the next five years -- $370 billion -- for debt reduction and strengthening Social Security and Medicare
Allocate one-quarter of the on-budget surplus over the next five years for investments in priorities identified by the President and supported by both parties in Congress, including defense, Medicare prescription drugs, education, agriculture, low-income programs and veterans.
Devote one-quarter of the on-budget surplus to tax cuts retroactive to 2001, for a net tax cut of $180 billion from 2001-2006.

Source: Blue Dog Coalition letter to the Senate 01-BDC5 on May 9, 2001

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