Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This section is called:Guaranteeing a Secure & Dignified Retirement
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring seniors will not retire to poverty & uncertainty..the other can’t wait to cut &slash to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy 1/8

#Democrats are proud to be the party that advocates retirement security for all. We are the party that created and strengthened Social Security, and defended public and private retirement plans that provide a decent monthly income. 2/9 #DemPartyPlatform #DignifiedRetirement

#Democrats are fighting to make sure that all workers have the ability to save at work for emergencies and for retirement. 3/9 #DemPartyPlatform #DignifiedRetirement

Social Security is the most enduring thread in our nation’s social safety net. #Democrats will enact policies to make Social Security more progressive 4/9 #DemPartyPlatform #RetireWithDignity #SocialSecurity

#Democrats will increase benefits for all #SocialSecurity beneficiaries, meaningfully increasing minimum benefit payments, increasing benefits for long-duration beneficiaries, and protecting surviving spouses from benefit cuts. 5/9 #DemPartyPlatform #RetireWithDignity

#Democrats will eliminate provisions that unfairly reduce public sector workers’ earned Social Security benefits.6/9 #DemPartyPlatform #PublicSectorWorkers #SocialSecurity

In light of weakened retirement security for unpaid caregivers and caregivers for family members, who sacrifice not only wages but Social Security benefits when they swap paid labor for unpaid care work...7/9 #DemPartyPlatform #caregivers #SocialSecurity

#Democrats support Social Security reform which better accounts for the challenges facing unpaid caregivers—including incremental reforms to the benefit formula to mitigate the penalty for unpaid care.8/9 #DemPartyPlatform #caregivers #RetireWithDignity

#Democrats will reject every effort to cut, privatize, or weaken #SocialSecurity, including attempts to raise the retirement age, diminish benefits by cutting cost-of-living adjustments, or reduce earned benefits.
We will ensure Social Security will be there forever.9/9