Sen. Whitehouse Remarks on Protecting Social Security in a Finance Committee Nominations Hearing
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- Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2023
- November 2 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) remarks on the need to protect and strengthen Social Security in a Senate Finance Committee hearing to consider former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's nomination to be Commissioner of Social Security.
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Thank God we have people in Congress who are actually working for the people!
republicans aren't lying at all. The only entitlements they don't talk about is their retirements.
Amen
Senator Whitehouse thank you for your service. God bless you.
If you are a level-headed and fair-minded proud American, then don't you just love Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse? I can't recall witnessing a more intelligent and honest person serving in our politics, in my lifetime. Arguably, he is also the hardest working man in D.C.
Thank you, thank you Sen. Whitehouse for doing all that you do!
Well, there's Bernie. But in general, you're -right- correct.😎
@@thesoundsmith yes, I dig the shit out of Bernie too! He's tried to do a hellava lot of good for his entire career, with the help of hardly anyone else, I should add. He is still trying, speaking out quite loudly concerning big important issues. Thank you very much Sen. Bernie Sanders!
VERO
Just the other day he was talking about the oceans backing up rivers causing flooding and making insurance go up. Ten years ago, the fool was saying "f" global warming. Republicans are either dumb or have very short memories. I vote dumb.
Absolutely!!
Thank you senator for all you do for the whole country, from the opposite side of the continent here in Wa State.
Great onions! I’m in the Willamette Valley.
Wellsaid, Mr. Whitehouse!
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from The Great State of Rhode Island is a true American patriot, a truly honorable public servant, and a fine example of bravery--in The Home of The Brave.
Absolutely
Dam right
Sheldon Whitehouse for the White house!
Love Senator Whitehouse.
I adore Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Thank you Senator Whitehouse!
Thank you for standing up for & watch over SS. I paid in to it for 23 years before becoming permanently disabled & could not survive without it.
Remove the $164K “cap” and have every American pay the same % of their income. Problem solved.
Absolutely correct Sarge! Republicans won’t ever acknowledge, that which is staring them in the face. They continue to treat the cap number (whatever it is , or has been) as if it came down from the mountaintop remaining untouchable. How people still support these pirates is beyond me. Regards
I would love to see the talking heads in the House & Senate placed on SS and Medicare instead of their 'Platinum' Healthcare & benefits....they would fix SS/Medicare/Medicaid, ASAP instead of thinking they can raid it & call it Entitlements. The only entitlements here are what the politicos have as benefits.
Bingo. Biden wants the cap at $400g
@@jannichi6431 no GD cap
EXACKERY!
Finally! Someone not grandstanding in a Committee!
He made a lot of sense.
The adults are in the Senate.
Even McConnell was effective with judges and fundraising. Schumer could do more. Klobuchar in charge would do better.
thank you Sen. Whitehouse....
He calms my fears just by recognizing the challenges. I know if he is addressing the issues, we have a fighting chance of fairness and quality solution.
nothing says stupid as clearly as " lets get rid of the money counters but have more kids to pay in to social security"
If we need more people, we can increase legal immigration.
Red Party only. Trump had immigration down way to low. We need professionals and professors too! Best and brightest going elsewhere Now
Sen. Whitehouse for president. Biden has been fine but we need more. Also, Pete Buttigieg for VP.
Oh, boy!!! Whata ticket!!! Can I vote twice? One for each!!!!
I actually would like Buttigieg as the Press Secretary.
@@marpro765 Not sure he would do that. Psaki would be nice, but we lost her. Pete B would be a GREAT Speaker of the House, though. I think better than Jeffries.
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Only if you're a Republican with a dead mother's mail in ballot.
Whitehouse to Whitehouse 2028🇺🇸
Senator White House is always looking to take care of the American system, so that it can work for the American people !
Ask anyone who is on Medicare and social security if they can afford any cuts to their benefits, which are hardly enough to exist on now!!!!
If only more in the increasingly AINO party understood the role of public servants as opposed to wealth servants, and represented us the way this excellent role model Senator does.
On Aug 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed in to law, the Social Security Admin. eighty-eight years have passed since. Billions of taxpayers have contributed to it. I assumed that Trillions of dollars have been put into the SSA system. During the 88 years the SSA has never been audited. I think is time to find out where the money went and who took it.
Congress has taken it for other things and never paid it back! That is the problem.
Exactly, congress used it as a piggy bank for years. Also all legislatures and judges should pay into it and do away with the "government pensions". Only military ought to receive government pensions.
I agree !! 😤
Someone should point out to the GOP. If social security IS cut, people will want their money back.
Exactly and someone should should let Republicans know that they will lose thier ssi .if they don't care then take it away from them but leave mine alone. 💙💙💙💙
Even the hard core followers are gonna want a full refund. That might bring us back together as a country.
@@johnevans693 one could wish .but I think they will still vote against themselves.
A tax strike among America's taxpayers is a very real possibility if this level of theft continues. Congress still hasn't repaid what they took from the General Fund under Newt Gingrich's "leadership."
Make social security and all medical insurance into a law! Please don't take away my social security. God bless us all.
Thank you for your work to keep our social security a bit safer .
Thank you Senator Whitehouse! You are such a brilliant Senator and I am so grateful for your integrity and clarity - protecting people, our courts and our democracy
One of politicians that actually has our back
Kudos to you Senator Whitehouse!! I have a question for you. Why is it we never hear of a Senator wanting to cut pay for Senators and Congresspeople by say, 40% until their performance for the good of society improves? There should be no pay raises for any member of either house for the next 5 years unless the cost of living is brought down by a minimum 15% and absolutely no pay raise votes for Congress that do not take place in the cold light of day between the hours of 9:00AM and 4:00PM, or better yet, all votes for pay raises for Congress should be put to a public referendum and select members could be chosen to represent Congress and given 90 seconds to convince us that you need a raise.
I so admire you Sen. Whitehouse. Thank you for your leadership 🙏♥️🙏
How many more people will be in the streets if they mess with our social security, our money?
This is a competent well informed brilliant Senator who continues to work hard every day for the American people.
No cuts or privatization of Social Security are acceptable. There is no reason to compromise with MAGA.
Biden raised cap to $400k a start.
@@jannichi6431, the only thing that matters is what Biden and any other politician is committed to doing now.
Thank you Senator Whitehouse and staff for your work for America and the American people. Social Security is a benefit that many people pay in to and will rely on when they are of retirement age not an entitlement like Republican members of Congress keep calling Social Security.
Senetor Whitehouse holds a very high position on my "Respect For Congress" list.
There are a lot of people who depends and it’s the only income for working their entire life for the social security pension. Social security should be hands off and protect it!!!
Tax big corporations and the wealthy.
Cut oil subsidies, all subsidies for corporate interests that show substantial profit margins. Welfare for the wealthy.
Thank you Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Senator, why is Social Security lumped into the general fund? It’s a separate program and even deducted separately from paychecks. It should never be part of general revenue.
Stop borrowing from it and pay back what you borrowed.
Congress changed the rules during Regan's term, which jump-started our 30+ trillion dollar debt.
The consolidation of wealth, along with the Supreme Court getting into the act (for their own benefit i might ad), have made it easier for politicians to identify campaign donors.
It's worked so well for so few that now we're in the stage where you're paid for Social Security is being called names like: intitlemement, social welfare, Big Government, and more.
Why is it always more tax breaks for the rich and more cuts to the average and poor people ????
The GOP has made it their mission to "keep the money where it belongs."
Money was made to be in circulation, not in offshore savings tax havens.
If a body did that with its red blood cells, the body would die.
Maybe this is, why it seems like the GOP is trying to kill us...
There is no way to protect these programs without tax increases. I propose these raises be enacted on the upper class.
Glad to see a Senator (or any member of the Legislative Branch) earning the taxes we pay by representing the interests of all the American People, and not just one person.
SuperAtoZman Says, Thank you Senator Whitehouse
We can't talk about SS without also considering the public pension system, including Congressional pensions, state legislator pensions, etc. Public pensions should be capped at the same top rate as SS, which is currently $4,555/month. No public employee should get a six-figure pension. I wonder what Niki Haley would say about this, or for that matter, Sheldon Whitehouse?
Sen
Whitehouse and his staff do an imptessive job pf applying data to real problems. No political doublespeak or gratuitous attacks.
Your heart is a grand warm light in the
Very dark gray landscape of politics
If they didn't poison our FOOD, WATER AND AIR, there wouldn't be so many disabled people needing SOCIAL SECURITY as children, which put a financial burden on the system. This is why a HEALTHY PLANET AND HEALTH CARE IS SO IMPORTANT!
And that's how it's done. Bravo!
If you truly want to help the country take less of a paycheck.
So they are trying to stop My Social Security that I paid into for over 45 years they want to stop the only income I have?
I'm confused, isn't that my hard working money mine?
They do not agree that it's yours (after all, they print it with their name on it--and they love money enough that they'll kill for itwithout remorse).
Sir I am a true follower of your work for the people of America, so when I say you should see a brake, love to beat the drum ,we always can, family is important.😊
Social Security IS NOT GOVERMENT FUNDED. Keep your hands of it!
Gig work is there to empty the pockets of SS. All income, even from 1 hour of work needs to pay SS tax. This is good for workers as it is employers who don't want to pay their 1/2.
What are you talking about? Gig workers, or more correctly recognised as "Self Employed" pay 12.4% into Social Security on any earnings over $400!!! Gig workers also have to pay both their portion AND the portion paid by an employer for that total of 12.4%.
Glad I could help you out with your misunderstanding of the Self Employment tax laws.
Agreed. Sometimes until run over by18-wheeler, hard to understand a clutch. ALL labor & time should be compensated & safety protected. Gig work bubble gum confuses short-term = immediate & streamlined, no paperwork, no records; AND saves the employer BUCKET$$$$$. Until: ONE work injury? ONE unpaid scam, no recourse? Voila! The WORKER pays THAT Lesson.
Don't gig workers pay SS quarterly?
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SHELDON WHITEHOUSE FOR PRESIDENT 2028
Grateful for your ethical maturity and care for the well-being of the Whole. How do workers who have abided and paid for this from their labor into SSI & Medicare get a conversation started in recouping the "loans" against the SSI Trust Fund? Thank you.
He's the best!
i would just be glad if they helped pay for my mom's nursing home bill. She was a teacher for 33 years in the state of Kansas. That alone should be enough for them to ok paying the rest.
Whitehouse for the White House? A knight in shining amour. Every day for the common good of all.😊❤
I would love to see the cut off for paying into SS. There should be no cut off paying in.
Such as millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share.
Whitehouse for President
Institutional knowledge, kindness, and understanding of norms, and a desire to do better. Why have Democrats not put this man up for POTUS? Is it that he is from Rhode Island and could not have been elected without some sort of graft or corruption? Can we please just get me onto that and put this man in office at the earliest possible time? He is amazing. Katie Porter should run with him as VP.
O'Malley's March!!
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Sad their trying to cut people's income 😢 how Christian
Pay back SS the Trillions borrowed, by the government, in the past.
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Revenue from those at the very top who do not pay a fair percentage of their income which is essential to providing services that they use to make their profits.
Maybe we should back off and find out why the Social Security is not as good as it should be. I have read that it was borrow by the act of President Johnson and Congress for the Vietnam war. If this is true, and lost all of our good Americans and our allies in Vietnam, because a Congress SL ability to understand what they were doing. So before you cut our Social Security checks and our Medicare, why don’t you text Rich Friends, and dark money people maybe we would have enough money to run our country properly. I am getting frustrated of what I am seeing and hearing. My opinion.
Senator, have you ever thought about running for President? I mean, it is right there in your name... (Surely I must be the first person to point that out...hehe)
Get a clue politicians, you need to do more than just protect Social Security. That so called historic increase in Social Security didn’t even cover inflation over the last three years. I had to sell my house. People can barely get by on Social Security. You need to increase it by at least 20%. And start making cost of living increase is that make sense. This last increase of 3% for 2024 does not meet inflation over the last year. It was 9% in June and had dropped to 6.5% towards the end of the year. The 3% increase is woefully inadequate. Start paying attention to the needs of your elderly. That goes for Democrats too. It’s not just the Republicans who are being miserly.
Senator Whitehouse and former Governor O’Malley putting on a clinic for all to see, how true “public servants” work on behalf of all of us. Thank you gentlemen, it’s a privilege. 👈
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Stay awesome Sen Whitehouse thank you sir 🙏 💯
If we didn't all have to pay a crappy third party to do our simple taxes that might be nice.
The best way to prop up SS? Increase the income cap to $500,000, and anyone who makes in excess of that amount pays no SS and receives no SS.
Does the speaker have the right to make decision about SS or the Rep cut there pay put them out
When can we say the working class needs better government. I don't care who you adore or what your party is . I'm for solar for houses and no dependants on power companies or government. We need to have a good conversation on the needs and the capitalism of economics of choosing to depend on them and having a self reliability. We need food water and electricity. Yet we depend on companies. We need a choice.
SSI is 12% deferred pay from an employer. Any cut will be returned to the employer via lower market wages over time.
SSI in not Social Security. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is the federal welfare program taken away from the state governments around 1973, for the SSA to implement. SSI is paid for by our general taxes. It is basically for disabled people who did not pay into the SSA system, or their SSA retirement/disability benefits is under the poverty levels.
@@allykatz sorry 😞, it was paid for with labor and is to promote the general welfare.
@@Rustea314 You are getting FICA taxes mixed up with the general revenue taxes.
@allykatz does it really matter? Are you worried that corporations don't have enough representation in congress?
Whitehouse 2028
One just cannot trust another who wears one face when required and one face when desired!
Democratic Leader are Statespeople that represent & respect not lie or manipulate & deceive
Eat the rich
Social security cuts?
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I wish that senator Whitehouse would run for president in 2024
Grown-ups in the room! 🟦✔️
Love Senator Whitehouse