Steven Larrick on Social Security Green Senate Challenger

Supports COLA reform and Notch reform

A: Yes.

Q: The Senior Citizens League members are to a large extent Notch babies--those individuals who receive lower Social Security benefits because they were born in the years 1917 and immediately thereafter. Do you support Notch Reform?

A: Yes.

Raise upper limit of taxable income, for long-term solvency

A: I support comprehensive Social Security Reform and long-term solvency of the Social Security program. Raising the upper limit of taxable income will help greatly.

Increase Social Security tax on higher income individuals

Larrick supports the following principles regarding Social Security:
• Support proportional increases of Social Security benefits based on the cost of living index.
• Larrick adds, "We can assure the health of our Social Security system if we slightly increase the tax on higher income individuals."