Future of Social Security
Social Security's future surfaced in Kentucky's midterm campaigns: a Courier-Journal voter guide for the state's midterm elections referenced positions that would "cut and privatize Social Security." With Kentucky electing a new U.S. senator in 2026, Campbell County voters' choice between Andy Barr and Charles Booker will help shape the program's direction for the county's retirees and workers.
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Sources
Courier-Journal — https://www.facebook.com/courierjournal/posts/whos-getting-your-vote-in-kentuckys-midterm-elections-learn-about-dozens-of-loca/1520493110109669
cut and privatize Social Security. Higher taxes, higher insurance and poorer infrastructure.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Expand benefits and pay for it by making high earners pay payroll taxes on all their income.
- Protect current benefits entirely and close any funding gap with higher taxes on the wealthy.
- Preserve the program with modest adjustments, such as gradually raising the retirement age.
- Let workers divert part of their payroll taxes into personal retirement accounts.
- Privatize the system and reduce guaranteed benefits to cut federal obligations.