Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is 'waging a war on our seniors and the benefits they've worked towards their entire lives,' said progressive challenger TheOtherMandela.
Mandela Barnes, the GOP senator's progressive challenger, said Johnson is"waging a war on our seniors and the benefits they've worked towards their entire lives."Republican Sen. Ron Johnson this week endorsed a proposal to"coax" seniors out of retirement to address so-called, drawing backlash from his Democratic opponent and other critics who noted the GOP lawmaker's long history of attacking Social Security.
"There are a number of innovative ideas I would support," Johnson said during a tele-town hall with constituents on Wednesday as he's locked in a close reelection race with Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes in the key battleground state of Wisconsin. "Former Senator Phil Gramm came to the Senate, we were talking about our labor shortage, and one of his suggestions was to coax seniors that could reenter the workforce—don't charge them payroll tax," Johnson said in remarks first reported by the."They're not paying it anyway so if they want to get back and earn a few extra bucks, let them start working.
Barnes, Wisconsin's lieutenant governor, was quick to respond to Johnson's latest remarks, slamming his opponent for"waging a war on our seniors and the benefits they've worked towards their entire lives." "Ron Johnson's solution to the labor shortage: send seniors back to work," Barnes said in a statement Thursday, noting that Johnson hasSocial Security Works, a progressive advocacy group, also"This is the same senator who wants to turn Social Security into 'discretionary spending,'" the group tweeted Thursday."Ron Johnson thinks that working-class Americans don't deserve to retire. That's why he's trying to steal our earned benefits.
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