AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN THIS
STATE, BUT WE NEED TO REGULARIZE
AND BRING THAT BILL TO THE FLOOR
OF THE HOUSE.
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN ASKING
VIEWERS
OF WMUR TO SEND IN SOME OF THEIR
QUESTIONS AND IDEAS.
LET'S SEND IT OVER TO JENNIFER
VAUGHN.
THANK YOU, JOSH.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
MR. RICHARD MOORE.
HE IS ASKING THE QUESTION
TONIGHT.
CONGRESSWOMAN KUSTER, PLEASE
TAKE THE FIRST RESPONSE.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT SOCIAL
SECURITY.
THE LARGE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS
DOWNSIZED A LOT OF ITS
WORKFORCE.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF MY
RETIREMENT INCOME WILL BE SOCIAL
SECURITY.
WHAT WILL
YOU DO TO PRESERVE
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR ME AND FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, AND
IT IS ONE I LITERALLY TALK ABOUT
EVERY SINGLE DAY AS I GO OUT AND
ABOUT IN THE DISTRICT.
WE JUST FINISHED 30 DINERS IN 30
DAYS THIS WEEK, AND THIS IS A
TOPIC THAT COMES UP REPEATEDLY.
I WILL GO TO BAT FOR SOCIAL
SECURITY EVERY DAY IN CONGRESS.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS WE HAVE, AND
PEOPLE RELY ON IT.
IT SHOULD BE A BIPARTISAN FIX.
ALL WE NEED TO DO IS INCREASE
THE LIMIT OF WITHHOLDING, AND IT
WILL BE FIXED.
MY OPPONENT WANTS TO PRIVATIZE
SOCIAL SECURITY.
THAT IS THE VOTE SHEETS OF.
SHE HAD A RESOLUTION IN 2012 TO
"PRIVATIZE ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL
SECURITY."
IMAGINE IF WE HAD DONE THAT IN
2008.
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE STATE
WOULD HAVE LOST EVERYTHING THEY
NEEDED FOR THEIR FUTURE.
I'M HAPPY TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR
SOCIAL SECURITY.
I AM ALSO HAPPY YOU BROUGHT
THAT UP.
WHAT IS FRIGHTENING RIGHT NOW IS
YOU ARE CONCERNED.
THE MEDICARE AND SOCIAL PURITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAYS SOCIAL
SECURITY IS GOING TO BE
INSOLVENT BY APPROXIMATELY 2033.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU
AND MY GENERATION, IT JUST WON'T
BE THERE FOR US.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OPEN
MIND.
THE THING IS, ASIDE FROM WORRIES
ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY --
FRANKLY, THE CONGRESSWOMAN HAS
FAILED TO ACT ON THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, SHE IS CHIPPING
AWAY AT YOUR MEDICARE.
SHE SUPPORTS OBAMA CARE, WHICH
WOULD RAID MEDICARE OVER $700
BILLION.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE CUTS
AT
APPROXIMATELY $3000 BY 2017.
THE CONGRESSWOMAN HAS HAD AN
ABSENCE OF LEADERSHIP.
THIS $716 BILLION IS ANOTHER
ONE OF THESE TIRED TEA PARTY
TALKING POINTS THAT KEEPS COMING
OUT.
WHAT THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT IS
DOUBLE BILLING.
IT IS SAVINGS.
I'M SHOCKED THAT HE WOULD WANT
TO CONTINUE FRAUD AND ABUSE OF
OUR SYSTEM AND DOUBLE BILLING
THAT IS COSTING THE TAXPAYER
$716 BILLION WHEN THAT MONEY
COULD GO TO SECURE MEDICARE AND
MAKE SURE THAT RICHARD HAS HIS
SOCIAL SECURITY AND HIS
MEDICARE, AND HE CAN RELY UPON
IT.
I WILL WORK HARD FOR IT EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
IN
FACT, I THINK IT IS
SOMETHING WHERE YOU ARE IN
WASHINGTON, YOU COUNT SAVINGS AS
SOME SORT OF NON-CUT.
THE FACT IS IT
DOES AFFECT
SENIORS, AND THE REALITY ON THE
GROUND IS PREMIUMS GO UP, PLANS
ARE LOST, PEOPLE ARE SEPARATED
FROM THEIR DOCTORS AND
PRESCRIPTION COVERAGE AND THE
LIKE.
THAT IS WHY THE WALL STREET