We must preserve and protect Social Security. I am strongly opposed to taking money out of the Social Security trust fund and investing it in the stock market. We must look for ways to strengthen Social Security without putting it at risk.
In Arkansas alone, over 500,000 of our citizens receive Social Security benefits. This safety net must be maintained if we are to ensure that our seniors will have a sound income in their golden years.
Source: Campaign website, www.Pryor2002.com, "Social Security"
Oct 1, 2002
Rated 90% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record.
Pryor scores 90% by the ARA on senior issues
The mission of the Alliance for Retired Americans is to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security. The Alliance believes that all older and retired persons have a responsibility to strive to create a society that incorporates these goals and rights and that retirement provides them with opportunities to pursue new and expanded activities with their unions, civic organizations and their communities.
The following ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position.
