Grace Napolitano
Grace Napolitano
Graciela Flores "Grace" Napolitanois the U.S. Representative for California's 32nd congressional district, serving in Congress since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the California State Assembly and the Norwalk City Council...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 December 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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Today, those disabled while working receive benefit. Under the president's plan, those benefits would be drastically cut or possibly eliminated.
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Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups.
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Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers.
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There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.
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Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.
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I am not criticizing investing in the stock market; I am an investor.
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For people who have for been putting their hard-earned money into the system for years, the president's idea would replace their safety net with a risky gamble with no assurance of a stable return of investment.
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Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.
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We must level with the people and explain to them that Social Security will first face funding problems in 2042 that can be fixed now with changes that do not undermine and ultimately drain from the entire program.