NY21 Republican candidate Elise Stefanik answers questions about Social Security (video) [View all]

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DANIEL FLATLEY

WATERTOWN — A day after walking away from reporters’ questions in Glens Falls, Republican and Conservative Party congressional candidate Elise M. Stefanik provided more details about her proposals for Social Security during a news conference in the city.

In response to a question about raising the retirement age, Ms. Stefanik said a gradual increase for those of her generation — about 30 years old — would be appropriate but said there would be no changes for those 50 or older.

“I think there needs to be a gradual assessment and I hope to work with economists from both sides of the aisle,” Ms. Stefanik said. “I think both Democrats and Republicans have come out in support of a gradual raising of the retirement age for young people who tend to work longer, who have longer working lives, so whether that’s 66, 67 ... It would be a slow, gradual increase. But we need to honestly solve these issues and we need to make sure they’re reflective of the 21st century economy.”

Ms. Stefanik, a former policy adviser in the George W. Bush White House who lives in Willsboro, is running against Democrat and Working Families Party candidate Aaron G. Woolf, a documentary filmmaker with a home in Elizabethtown, and Green Party candidate Matthew J. Funiciello, a bakery and cafe owner from Glens Falls.
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