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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where does Hillary stand on fracking these days [View all]NYC Liberal
(20,443 posts)51. Yes she does.
Social Security and Medicare
Expand Social Security for those who need it most and who are treated unfairly by the current systemincluding women who are widows and those who took significant time out of the paid workforce to take care of their children, aging parents, or ailing family members. Social Security works well, but it should work better. Hillary will fight to expand Social Security for those who need it most and who are treated unfairly today. For instance:
The poverty rate for widowed women 65 or older is nearly 90 percent higher than for other seniorsin part because when a spouse dies, families can face a steep benefit cut. For a two-earner couple, those benefit cuts can be as much as 50 percent. Hillary believes that we have to change that by reducing how much Social Security benefits drop when a spouse dies, so that the loss of a spouse doesnt mean financial hardship or falling into poverty.
Millions of womenand mentake time out of the paid workforce to raise a child, take care of an aging parent or look after an ailing family member. Caregiving is hard work that benefits our entire economy. However, when Americans take time off to take care of a relative, that can reduce their Social Security benefits at retirement, since those benefits are calculated based on their top thirty-five years of earnings. No one should face meager Social Security checks because they took on the vital role of caregiver for part of their career. Americans should receive credit toward their Social Security benefits when they are out of the paid workforce because they are acting as caregivers.
The poverty rate for widowed women 65 or older is nearly 90 percent higher than for other seniorsin part because when a spouse dies, families can face a steep benefit cut. For a two-earner couple, those benefit cuts can be as much as 50 percent. Hillary believes that we have to change that by reducing how much Social Security benefits drop when a spouse dies, so that the loss of a spouse doesnt mean financial hardship or falling into poverty.
Millions of womenand mentake time out of the paid workforce to raise a child, take care of an aging parent or look after an ailing family member. Caregiving is hard work that benefits our entire economy. However, when Americans take time off to take care of a relative, that can reduce their Social Security benefits at retirement, since those benefits are calculated based on their top thirty-five years of earnings. No one should face meager Social Security checks because they took on the vital role of caregiver for part of their career. Americans should receive credit toward their Social Security benefits when they are out of the paid workforce because they are acting as caregivers.
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May I please ask how your post fulfills the mission Skinner has established for our board?
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2016
#60
Raising the cap or better yet removing the cap is a solution. It will definitely require Congress
still_one
Jun 2016
#9
The Party Platform is like Miss Congeniality. it will get written, looked at, then tucked away
leftofcool
Jun 2016
#15
I expect it to be similar to 2008 although I think Obama will announce for Hillary
leftofcool
Jun 2016
#19
sure.. because there's ZERO similarity between '08 and this cycle...
HumanityExperiment
Jun 2016
#20
May I please ask how your post fulfills the mission Skinner has established for our board?
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2016
#37
I don't think the issues that caused a significant share of people to vote for Bernie.....
Armstead
Jun 2016
#69
hoping isnt a part of this. There is no doubt both conventions have an insurgency
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#77
I am glad you have come to my way of thinking that we need a united convention.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2016
#93
I was involved in writing the platform for the CT State Convention in 2010....
George II
Jun 2016
#28
“A Democratic platform that is not robust in aggressively addressing climate change ends up being,
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#46
"I do not think there will be many places in America where fracking will continue to take place..."
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#45