IT’S AN ELECTION YEAR, AND SOCIAL SECURITY IS AN ISSUE AGAIN AS THE DEBATE OVER ITS FUNDING FUTURE AND OTHER CONCERNS HAS ARISEN.
THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF A TRI-STATE AARP MEETING IN SIOUX CITY THIS WEEK.
TODD STUBBENDIECK IS THE NEBRASKA AARP DIRECTOR:
AARP1 OC……THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. :19
IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA AARP DIRECTORS JOINED STUBBENDIECK FOR THE REGIONAL MEETING:
AARP2 OC………THE LONG TERM. :17
ROMINA BOCCIA, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND ENTITLEMENT POLICY OF THE CATO INSTITUTE, WAS ONE OF THE FEATURED SPEAKERS ON THE PANEL.
SHE SAYS SOCIAL SECURITY IS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE AGAIN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR:
AARP3 OC…………TRUE OR NOT. :31
BOCCIA SAYS WHILE NO INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF CONGRESS WILL SAY THEY WOULD VOTE TO RESTRICT OR CUT SOCIAL SECURITY IN A CAMPAIGN YEAR, A JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE IS A DIFFERENT MATTER:
AARP4 OC……….VERY SLOWLY. :23
SHE THINKS THAT IS A POSSIBILITY TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AARP IS URGING WASHINGTON TO FIND A BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO PROTECT AND SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY FROM THOSE POTENTIAL CUTS AND CHANGES.
