I support tax credits for families of individuals needing care and grants to states for care giver services through the Older Americans Act and Social Services Block Grants. One of the issues I worked hard to see included in the bill during this debate was the clinical trials provision. Social Security Social Security is the backbone of many Americans' retirement, and we have all paid into the system over the years. To risk all or much of our hard-earned Social Security savings on tax cuts for the wealthy would be foolhardy. We must do more to prevent elderly women from living in poverty.
Women live longer, tend to work fewer years, and get paid less.
If women are paid the same wages for the same work as men, they will be less likely to live in poverty when they retire. The budget surplus should be used to preserve Social Security, which will enable us to provide COLA increases and avoid having to raise the age of eligibility. Medicare Millions of Americans rely on Medicare for their health care. I strongly support using the budget surplus to strengthen Medicare. In some instances health care costs increased as much as three times as inflation.