Americans want to strengthen & pay for Social Security, not cut it

According to a new study, "Support for Social Security is particularly strong among African Americans and Hispanics, according to a brief released today by the nonpartisan National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). Strengthening Social Security: What Do Americans Want: Views Among African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and White Americans finds a sharp contrast between what Americans say they want and changes being discussed in Washington, such as cutting benefits by using a “chained” Consumer Price Index (CPI) to determine Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)."
“A true test of Americans’ support for Social Security is their willingness to pay for it,” said Jasmine Tucker, Senior Policy Analyst at NASI and author of the brief. “Americans across racial and ethnic groups say they don’t mind paying Social Security taxes because the program helps millions of people and because they and their families benefit from it." Read the brief at http://www.nasi.org/sites/default/files/research/Views_Among_African_Americans_Hispanic_Americans.pdf