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555 Dirksen Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Ph: 202.224.6342
Fax: 202.224.1100
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Raleigh Office:
310 New Bern Avenue
Suite 122
Raleigh, NC 27601
Ph: 919.856.4630
Fax: 919.856.4053
Salisbury Office:
225 North Main Street
Suite 304
Salisbury, NC 28144
Ph: 704.633.5011
Fax: 704.633.2937
Western Office:
401 North Main Street
Suite 200
Hendersonville, NC 28792
Ph: 828.698.3747
Fax: 828.698.1267
Eastern Office:
306 South Evans Street
Greenville, NC 27835
Ph: 252.329.1093
Fax: 252.329.1097
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Issues & Legislation - Issue - Social Security
I’ll fight to preserve Social Security benefits and against payroll tax increases. To our seniors on Social Security, I want to be very clear: I will never vote to reduce your benefits. And, no way am I for privatizing Social Security. I support the concept of allowing workers to contribute small portions of their own Social Security in the market because it would negate the need to nearly double payroll taxes on future workers to fund benefits. For instance, if your grandchild wants to voluntarily take a small portion of his or her payroll tax and put it into an investment, such as a diversified index fund in the stock or bond market, like a current 401(k) plan, then so be it. This is not privatization – the government would always administer the program. It is so important that we work now to make Social Security financially stable. We need to have a national dialogue on the future of Social Security that guarantees the benefits that our retirees and near-retirees expect, while ensuring a better return for our children and grandchildren.
Elizabeth Dole
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