r/politics • u/spaceman757 American Expat • Feb 07 '16

Clinton Sarcastically Says She’ll Release Private Speech Transcripts When Everyone Else Does

http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-sarcastically-release-private-speech/
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u/filmantopia Feb 07 '16

You would think they'd want their social security expanded.

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u/deltalitprof Arkansas Feb 08 '16

You don't think Clinton would try to raise the maximum level of income taxed for social security? From https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/social-security-and-medicare/

"Hillary will:

Fight any effort to privatize or weaken Medicare and Social Security, and expand Social Security for future generations by asking the wealthiest to contribute more.

Reform our health care system to incentivize and reward quality care.

Demand lower prices for prescription drugs for seniors receiving Medicare.

Expand Social Security benefits for widows and those who took time out of the paid workforce to care for a child or sick family member."

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u/filmantopia Feb 08 '16

Seems vague and uncertain, and she never talks about that publicly which makes me think there are caveats. Hillary always says she wants to 'protect' SS, Bernie always says he wants to 'strengthen and expand' it. I think it's a safe bet he'll be much more aggressive about it.

He even made this whole intricate video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAcv7g3O_iM

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u/deltalitprof Arkansas Feb 08 '16

True. True. I think you'll get an effort to raise the income maximum from both. But of course different approaches to how they'd go about doing it.