Preserving Medicare and Social Security and keeping the programs sustainable long-term are important steps in keeping America’s promise to our seniors.
First and foremost, Medicare and Social Security must preserve benefits for current retirees and those approaching retirement.
Upcoming generations of Americans deserve a safety net, too. That’s why Ron is committed to keeping these programs solvent and making reforms necessary to do so after first securing benefits for current retirees and those approaching retirement.
Ron is committed to going to Washington to fix the problems with our broken system and ensuring our seniors are cared for. This is no time to play politics with promises to our seniors, that’s why Ron is serious about making reforms.
ObamaCare’s Broken Promise to Seniors
ObamaCare represents a broken promise to seniors as it makes cuts to Medicare that will impact 100,000 Wisconsin seniors utilizing the Medicare Advantage program. ObamaCare makes $523 billion in Medicare cuts while increasing taxes by $569 billion. Russ Feingold provided the 60th vote for this legislation.
By repealing ObamaCare, which Ron supports, the Medicare cuts would be eliminated and Congress could start fresh on real reforms to bring down the cost of health care and make Medicare solvent in order to fix problems like the “donut hole.”
Social Security Solvency
Preserving Medicare and Social Security and keeping the programs sustainable long-term are important steps in keeping America’s promise to our seniors. First and foremost, Medicare and Social Security must preserve benefits for current retirees and those approaching retirement. Upcoming generations of Americans deserve a safety net, too. That’s why Ron is committed to keeping these programs solvent and making reforms necessary to do so after first securing benefits for current retirees and those approaching retirement. Ron is committed to going to Washington to fix the problems with our broken system and ensuring our seniors are cared for. This is no time to play politics with promises to our seniors, that’s why Ron is serious about making reforms.
Deficit Reduction and Social Security
Our nation has a spending problem, not a taxing problem. Instead of raising taxes during a weakened economy to reduce the deficit, Ron believes we should be taking common sense measures such as placing an overall cap on government spending, applying unspent stimulus and TARP money to deficit reduction, and repealing the massive health care bill which would add a trillion dollars to our deficit. If our country begins to rein in and prioritize spending, not only can we reduce the deficit and keep the promises to seniors, but we can secure the funds designated for the Social Security Trust Fund instead of spending the money for other commitments.
Ron Johnson's talking points on seniors and medicare/social security is by far the most substantive part. He clearly knows who his constituency is and what they are afraid of, that he is going to gut Medicare and Social Security. Again Johnson says some vague things about reforms, but mark my words, he will try to privatize Social Security and reduce Medicare benefits for young people. Of course, he won't do this for those currently on Medicare/Social Security because then he'd lose the senior vote and the youth vote does not matter as much. I guarantee you that when elected Ron Johnson and the Republicans will propose generational theft, making young people pay for seniors' benefits while reducing our future benefits. He will not be able to cut the deficit without hitting entitlement programs, and that means sticking it to our generation.
Issue #8, Defense
As our next Senator, Ron will take to Washington a deep reverence for the Constitution of the United States and for those who support and defend it.
Ron is deeply grateful for the more than 1 million men and women who have died and the millions who have been wounded while supporting and defending the Constitution since ratification.
Ron will ensure that America’s finest sons and daughters are not sent into harm’s way to defend America’s interests until diplomatic, economic and other instruments of national power are first exhausted.
Ron will fight to ensure that if servicemen and women are needed to protect America’s interests, they will be deployed with rules of engagement that allow them to accomplish their mission and allow them their most basic rule of self defense.
Ron will never endanger our men and women in uniform by voting to place artificial withdrawal timelines on our deployed forces.
Ron will fight to protect the rights and benefits of our nation’s Veterans.
Not much here other than nice words about our troops. Can't really argue with that, but there isn't any content either. My only questions, if Ron doesn't support an "artificial timetable," what would a "natural timetable" look like? Are we going to be in Iraq/Afghanistan forever? How does that jibe with Johnson's desire to decrease government spending?
Issue #9 Illegal Immigration
The first step towards controlling illegal immigration is securing our borders. Ron believes the federal government has failed to enforce current immigration laws and tighten our borders to stop the flow of illegal immigration.
Ron opposes blanket amnesty.
Ron also supports REAL ID, requiring employers to verify the Social Security numbers of potential employees. Ron supports providing law enforcement the necessary tools, such as the Patriot Act, to protect our country.
Businesses or employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants should be penalized and we should take steps to prevent abuse or exploitation of workers due to their immigration status.
Okay, fine. Secure the borders. This won't stop illegal immigration but sure we can try, it certainly won't reduce the deficit though. Real ID, ok maybe that would do something. But, what about the 10+ million illegal immigrants already in this country. They are not going anywhere. What is the plan? The no-plan plan.
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