House GOP Leader says raise Social Security retirement age, Wall Street reform is overreaction – does Bono Mack agree?

June 29, 2010

Riverside County, CA – Today, House Republican Leader and strong Mary Bono Mack supporter, John Boehner, made it clear that the Bono Mack-Boehner agenda is one that puts what’s best for Wall Street at the expense of Riverside County seniors and middle class families.

Quoted in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, House Republican Leader Boehner said he wants to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70 and cut benefits for seniors that have worked hard and paid their dues.

Given Bono Mack’s previous support for privatizing Social Security, the Pougnet campaign asks, does Bono Mack agree with her Republican Leader?

Boehner also claimed that Wall Street Reform – to ensure that the risky Wall Street practices that led to the economic mess affecting citizens across Riverside County – is akin to killing an ant with a nuclear weapon.

After Bono Mack’s votes for the Wall Street bailout and opposition to reform efforts, the Pougnet campaign asks, does Bono Mack agree this critical Wall Street Reform is an ‘overreaction’ to ‘an ant’?

“The John Boehner-Mary Bono Mack agenda to change Social Security for seniors that have worked hard and played by the rules and protect big Wall Street banks and greedy traders is the wrong direction for Riverside County,” said Mayor Steve Pougnet.  “I’m committed to protecting Social Security for seniors that have paid into the program and played by the rules.  And I’ll always fight for Riverside County residents that are suffering in this economic downturn when time after time Mary Bono Mack votes against their interests.”

Here is a link to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/

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