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Why Senior Voters Should Vote Against McCain

By Jeralyn

The Democratic National Committee is airing a new ad (video here)against John McCain in Florida. On its website, McCain v. Florida, there's a section devoted to social security:

• According to the Social Security Administration's 2007 figures, 3,476,594 Florida residents relied on Social Security Payments and 2,579,434 of these beneficiaries are 65 and older.

• McCain’s campaign has said that he is considering raising the retirement age and reducing Social Security cost-of-living adjustments. [Wall Street Journal, 3/3/08]

• McCain has said he supports President Bush's plan to privatize social security.[St. Petersburg Times, 6/22/08; LA Times, 3/24/08]

• McCain voted for tax cuts 32 times, mostly for the wealthy, instead of funding Medicare.

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• In 2004, McCain voted against protecting the Social Security Trust Fund.[S.C.R. 95, Vote #33, 3/9/04]

The site also provides McCain's record on other issues of interest to Floridians, like housing, jobs and equal pay, and a wiki-type page called Count the Lies, listing 133 (so far) McCain whoppers.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).