16th District Congressional Candidates: Social Security
By: Matthew Fuchs
Updated: October 10, 2012
In the race for the 16th
Congressional District seat, Republican Adam Kinzinger is facing Democrat Wanda
Rohl. Our question: How will you work for the people of Illinois to assure them that Social Security will be there when they retire?
Adam Kinzinger:
Social Security is actually one of the easier
issues to solve. I think if you throw some people in a room, in just a few
minutes you can have the solution. The problem is Republicans and Democrats
have got to stop politicizing the issue. We've seen, even in this presidential
race when it comes to the issue of what they call, entitlement spending; it's
always looking for the opportunity to attack the other person.
Social Security can be fixed, there are great
ideas on both sides of the aisle, but both sides are going to have to come
together and say, "We're going to put our weapons down and figure out how
to fix this." It's the easiest of the problems I think is out there to
solve.
Wanda Rohl:
You know, as someone who ended up on the
social safety net nine years ago, I never thought that Social Security would be
there for me either. You know, you listen to those that say it's going broke.
Right now, if you left it alone, it would be fine for about 22 years. But, we
honestly need to take the cap off.
I pay Social Security Tax on 100-percent of
my income because I make less than 110-thousand dollars a year. The minute you
start making more than 110,000 dollars a year, you start paying less in
percentage. It's about being responsible. It's an insurance program and that's
what needs to be done. It needs to be paid for. If that means yes, we need to
raise that, then we have to.
