Ruben Gallego on Social Security

	Ruben Gallego on Social Security

Privatizing exposes America's seniors to risks

Social Security is a sacred contract between every American worker. Privatizing Social Security would endanger America's seniors by exposing them to risks that were not part of the deal. Privatizing Social Security would be just plain wrong, and I would forcefully oppose any efforts to do so.

I would also fight any attempt to reduce the funding and effectiveness of Medicare or Medicaid. These programs are critical for millions of Americans and there is no way it will be weakened on my watch.

Source: 2014 Arizona House campaign website, GallegoForArizona.com , May 31, 2014

Opposes personal retirement accounts.

Gallego opposes the F2A survey question on personal retirement accounts

Faith2Action.org is "the nation's largest network of pro-family groups." They provide election resources for each state, including Voter Guides and Congressional Scorecards excerpted here. The F2A survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?'

Source: Faith2Action Survey 14-F2A-Q6 on Sep 30, 2014

Opposes personal retirement accounts.

Gallego opposes the PVS survey question on personal retirement accounts

Project VoteSmart infers summary responses from campaign statements and news reports The PVS survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?'

Source: Project VoteSmart Inferred Survey 14-PVS-q6 on Sep 30, 2014

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