CAN DEPEND ON WHITEHOUSE AND BIDEN TO STAND FOR WHATS HONEST
@powerWithinUs40557 ай бұрын
It was the Middle Class that built this country. Biden Administration is building back the American Middle Class.
@suzanneharris83397 ай бұрын
For Senator Whitehouse, yes.
@Darlene-en5lc7 ай бұрын
Senator Whitehouse is a good, honest, kind man.
@MelanieClaire617 ай бұрын
And easy on my 62 year old eyes😂😂❤
@suzannederusha13707 ай бұрын
Thank you senator, you are doing great things for the people.
@cindyolson52647 ай бұрын
If only all politicians were great like Senator Whitehouse.
@earthsystem7 ай бұрын
Vote great in again!!
@lindamack19007 ай бұрын
@cindyolson5264 There’s quite a few great Democratic members that are working in the best interest of our veterans, middle class and the underprivileged, but yes Whitehouse is one of the great senators!
@davidvanbrunt42337 ай бұрын
Give the people 100% of what they paid all these years....zero cuts to SSI period !!!
@shirleyandrews11527 ай бұрын
SSI is different from SS. SS is money “I” paid in while working & can only get it when I’m 62. SSI is money young ppl recieve if they are physically/mentally disabled. The Repubs have ALWAYS been after our SS. They have even borrowed from it (but never paid it back. I’ve heard) hope this helps. Don’t forget you pay into it every pay ck. It’s YOUR money.
@davidvanbrunt42337 ай бұрын
@@shirleyandrews1152 I was referring to SS, my bad. 🙋♂️
@CrazyEightyEights7 ай бұрын
Senator Whitehouse is one of our smart and determined leaders. We are so fortunate to have him and a few others who have risen to this occasion. Life steadily improves under Democrats.
@JJ-gz8cd7 ай бұрын
Thank you once again, Senator Whitehouse!!!💪💙🇺🇸🌊😎🗽
@Eastcoastbeachgirl7 ай бұрын
Tell them to tax the rich again and put our money back into SSA that they took out and never replaced. We worked for that.
@donnisthran28127 ай бұрын
I was going to write the same thing.
@cindyolson52647 ай бұрын
Yes, unbelievable that they touched it.
@raeannuria56917 ай бұрын
We worked long and hard paying into the SSA and I will fight if it’s taken away!! These lawmakers should try living like we do trying to make ends meet! Congress members have free healthcare and a good salary for doing absolutely nothing for the American people!!
@earthsystem7 ай бұрын
Also, corporations stopped funding workers retirement plans as rapidly as possible so SS save the business money
@Q_from_Star_Trek7 ай бұрын
@@raeannuria5691"They" are the Republicans, because all they do is cut taxes for the rich, nothing else. Legislation zero, ideas zero, just culture war and circus on taxpayers' money.
@BabbetteChoquette-po5hx7 ай бұрын
Dearest Senator Whitehouse, Social Security is my only income on Tuesday, I will be 70. Seventy years of Democracy that I definitely do not want to lose for anyone. You are constantly fighting for Our Country, Our Constitution, Our Democracy,Our Rule of Law, Our Constitutional Rights. I SO INTENSELY APPRECIATE YOU. I watch every bit of your appearances. You Are a White Knight for Our Nation, Our People!!🦅🇺🇸💙 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
@debsylvester20127 ай бұрын
I am 72. I am handicapped due to MS. I worked until I was 63. Without Obamacare I don’t think I would have lived to get Social Security, eventually be declared disabled and now on Medicare. I would be up a creek without a paddle. I recently changed my plan to Medicare Advantage program. I have never received such great care. I go to Oak Street Health. Their system of medical care is fantastic. I actually feel more confident about my health than I have in years. Thank you Senator Whitehouse. Just the fact that we are important to you makes my day. I am from St. Louis, MO. Wishing you all the best sir. God Bless you.☮️🇺🇸🗳️
@GCRK796 ай бұрын
💙Lucas Kunce💙 for MO. Senator! Kick Hawley to the curb❗
@MongoMedicineMan7 ай бұрын
Thank you and your team for all you do for us. Especially these videos. 💙 🇺🇸
@cindyolson52647 ай бұрын
As a senior, I have been very worried that Social Security and Medicare will be cut, and as a fixed income person, I worry about having enough to live on.
@philip95697 ай бұрын
Not only do I not want to worry about Medicare I want the base benefits to cover more medical issues and ALL prescribed drugs.
@diannekoca58367 ай бұрын
If Trump gets back in office we WILL see cuts to SS and Medicare. The Republicans already have it in their 2025 playbook. He’s called them entitlements! These things are NOT entitlements! I paid into both my entire working life, as did my employers. If not for these benefits, I would be unable to stay in my home.
@MsWarriordiva7 ай бұрын
You're not alone. There are millions there with you!!!!!
@shirleyandrews11527 ай бұрын
I’m with you. It’s scary.
@dianagale5817 ай бұрын
Be sure to vote 💙 President Biden gave us a good raise and is planning to give us another. Republicans are trying to cut social security: that’s one of there main goals. 💙vote Blue 💙
@rebeccaharrishunt11817 ай бұрын
RAISE THE INCOME CAP, which is ANCIENT!! This could've been done a long time ago, BEFORE this became an issue!
@philip95697 ай бұрын
Just another reason why Whitehouse is the BEST!!!
@SuperAtoZman7 ай бұрын
Thank you Senator Whitehouse
@celisachoo79007 ай бұрын
I have worked since 14 years old and by the time I’m old enough to retire I will have worked 52 years of my life. Social security is only income I have left to live off of it…Hand should be off from Social Security and Medicare!!!
@Q_from_Star_Trek7 ай бұрын
if you want that to happen, stop voting against your best interest (meaning stop voting replublicans!).
@bardsamok92217 ай бұрын
@@Q_from_Star_TrekGood point Q. If you vote republican kiss your future goodbye
@Hklbrries7 ай бұрын
@@Q_from_Star_TrekWhy would you think they do… “q”?
@skyrocketcoast2197 ай бұрын
Yes indeed : to have Social Security solid would be fabulous .. it very stressful & never disappears
@kknight81127 ай бұрын
Remember everyone Trumps tax cut for the middle class expires in 2025 yet the Rich was made permanent. Save Social Security
@catbb10007 ай бұрын
It boggles the mind that the right is so ignorant and doesn't get up in arms about their money being taken away. SMH
@powerWithinUs40557 ай бұрын
@@catbb1000 It’s just the excuse they use, but they say it’s too complicated to follow it all. We have to fight as we’ve always done. Fight to stop voter fraud and gerrymandering and buying the courts. College students fought to register voters in the 60’s. This is our fight.
@evelyndominguez47577 ай бұрын
Senator Whitehouse is amazing. A true patriot. Thank you.
@deborahpitcher77237 ай бұрын
Thank you being a woman in her 70s the fear of losing my Social Security he’s got awful not knowing if something happened. Would I be able to live thank you I hope that this is true and I hope that we can depend on this.
@shanonkallhoff24317 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@freedomofreligion32487 ай бұрын
If your income is $400K a year, you can afford to pay a fair tax rate. Those who are given/paid/remunerated tens of millions of dollars can certainly afford to pay a generous, healthy tax. Boys and girls: That's $7,692.31 per WEEK, every week of 52 weeks.
@danielledraper11077 ай бұрын
This is how civilised people interact with each other, I have said it before but Senator Whitehouse should be the model for members of the government and opposition to aspire to - a gentleman and a statesman politician.
@juncospollack62817 ай бұрын
Young people will be seniors when time comes, so this bill is critical for the nation.😊
@Yardbird_les7 ай бұрын
Thank you, Senator! Wishing you all the best of luck to encourage your colleagues to support this vital work.
@ahzzz-realm7 ай бұрын
Take on DeJoy. Please Mr. Whitehouse.
@virginialeary7 ай бұрын
Please!!!!!! I’ve been signing proposals for YEARS to get rid of this creep. I thought there were new members on the board to vote him OUT. What happened?????
@smariegalski36417 ай бұрын
THANK YOU.
@rosemariehomeyerbente18327 ай бұрын
You sir are my hero!
@billyakin33017 ай бұрын
Whitehouse for the Whitehouse!
@inknpaintCW7 ай бұрын
We have allowed too many representatives to swap their support for the mass of constituents to protecting the wealthy few. Thank you Senator Whitehouse.
@ruthscott65227 ай бұрын
These people have lost their minds keep you FN hand off social security period
@elleaubry37727 ай бұрын
Thank you, Senator Whitehouse, you are a credit to the people in your state, and to all of US. Thank you for your Service.
@dorothylinsley7 ай бұрын
Great job❤
@wookie20f7 ай бұрын
Brilliant! ❤
@wookie20f7 ай бұрын
The best Senator! And the handsomest too!
@kathrynshaw1927 ай бұрын
Having this social safety net guaranteed forever is a great thing. Keeping payment rates up to comfortable liveable levels will be an important goal. Protecting these funds from other miscellaneous political groups will continue to be a challenge. If Americans move toward caring for their demented seniors as has been done in other civilized countries, we must plan for an additional financial and professional burden in coming years. Thank you, Whitehouse, for your responsible leadership.
@Q_from_Star_Trek7 ай бұрын
if you take out dementes, it would be a very nice statement..."If Americans move toward caring for their seniors as has been done in other civilized countries, we must plan for an additional financial and professional burden in coming years."
@rickappling54707 ай бұрын
It's not guaranteed forever. It's not even guaranteed much beyond the end of the year. Social programs are under attack from more angles the ever before. If Trump is reelected, every cent we have put in. Will go into the pockets of Trump; large corporations, and the 1%. If any Republican wins it the Presidency the result will be much the same. And even if we see a blue tsunami come November. Project 2025 is waiting in the wings to take over no matter what.
@GCRK796 ай бұрын
@@Q_from_Star_Trek 🎯
@paulalietke8887 ай бұрын
Thank you solid plan.
@67985247 ай бұрын
Now this is the way government should present themselves. Problem solving, solution driven.
@barbaradunn54137 ай бұрын
Thank you
@jeaninerumble65037 ай бұрын
I appreciate your leadership so much!
@TootsRrhir7 ай бұрын
Excellent!!!
@jillhansinger40957 ай бұрын
Thank you Senator Whitehouse and Judge O’Malley …you are the only ones the American People can depend on to represent .
@birdsndog58197 ай бұрын
It sure would have a calming and reassuring effect. Bless you! We do not have to live this way. Constantly in fear. Europe doesn’t. Scandinavia in particular doesn’t.
@cb47347 ай бұрын
I'm sorry, but the rich need to be taxed more. You are already giving them tones of tax breaks, not to mention they know how to find all the tax loopholes.
@BlueDoginRedSoLa7 ай бұрын
End the FICA cap!
@scottpendergast7 ай бұрын
how about giving people on social security enough to make ends meet?
@teresalegler27777 ай бұрын
Thanks to the Senator for trying to save SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
Thank you Senator Whitehouse and others who are protecting Social Security. 🗳🇺🇸 Democrat
@robinmiller85927 ай бұрын
Thank you, Senator Whitehouse and President Biden, for caring about the middle class.
@murphyrod48397 ай бұрын
And Bernie 🇺🇸
@simplytruth97297 ай бұрын
Please Whitehouse for President. We are sooo tired of an America divided. We need you.
@idazakin25897 ай бұрын
O'Malley - get to work!
@joeatalig50057 ай бұрын
Raising the social security age to 75 years old to qualify is just to pay for the Republican tax break for the rich.
@betsystewart97867 ай бұрын
We the people earned our Social Security when we worked for it
@barbarawheeler90247 ай бұрын
Why does Sen Whitehouse not run for President?
@kittys.28707 ай бұрын
Lift the CAP !
@billlawson55716 ай бұрын
Mr Whitehouse I commend you, if we can ever get ahead of the common crooks and system and GOP we can thank you for your leadership in this fight, these greedy bastards will ruin the country to feed their dumb excesses!
@glennmorgan9377 ай бұрын
I'm glad these great people in the White House are standing up for us we helped build this country we helped sustain this country it's our turn
@dianagale5817 ай бұрын
I get mad to hear how the rich get to hoard all their money, while regular folks struggle and pay a higher tax rate. What troubles me is how could these people be so greedy? They never think of the society that put them there. We need to change all this to favor the regular people of our nation. Thankfully we have Senator Whitehouse and others working for the people. Thank you, Senator 💙vote Blue to save our democracy from dictatorship💙
@earthsystem7 ай бұрын
Mr. Senator. Whitehouse, remind them Capitalists that they no longer have to fund retirement for their workers like they did before Social Security!!! Just remind those capitalists they save so much money by USA Social Security -- so increasing taxable income limits, for SS is a net financial win!!!
@pedaphelps7 ай бұрын
Yes but the republican party doesn't want calming. AT ALL
@a.michelle92896 ай бұрын
🇺🇸Dear Senator Whitehouse. We are extremely frustrated about all this, but there's someone who has (had) a very viable solution. SEE: "George Carlin: Back in Town"....his ideas could work! 💙Vote Blue
@elainejefferson41317 ай бұрын
End the cruelty and draconian policy of increasing Medicare premiums for each year the elderly is unable to pay by 10 percent a year! It is the question of having a home and food versus paying for healthcare policy that benefits the hospital systems to exploit the system.
@StevieWilliams-uo8mq7 ай бұрын
Good show ...🇺🇸💙2028
@VulcanData847 ай бұрын
STOP "BORROWING" FROM SOCIAL SECURITY (Edit Deletion>)
@VulcanData847 ай бұрын
It's Not Your War Piggy Bank!
@murphyrod48397 ай бұрын
How about simply STOP BORROWING FROM SOCIAL SECURITY? End your sentence with that.
@justgeorge37287 ай бұрын
Tax the rich on their entire income, just like every other person in the U. S.. Easy fix.
@plumbbobconstructionpants55997 ай бұрын
Yup
@AM-fs1je7 ай бұрын
JUSTICE DENIED AGAIN!
@JasonSpitzMI507 ай бұрын
Senator Whitehouse you know your way around the political arena because you have wonderful views in policies and you would make a great candidate for President of the United States of America. Thank you for your services they're highly appreciated.
@samuledarconi29277 ай бұрын
Plz, eliminate taxes on SS income. We are taxing money that was a tax in the first place. Taxing the tax. Cmon
@1Youyourself17 ай бұрын
Solvent???? We've been fleeced. ITS SHAMEFUL THAT THIS MONEY HADN'T BEEN TRIPLED...... WE SHOULD BE GETTING INTEREST ON THAT MONEY. NO CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
@birdsndog58197 ай бұрын
Look at Congress. Working constructively. Doing the work of the people. Serving their constituencies.
@roc1234-j3f5 ай бұрын
Senator Whitehouse exhibits the qualities that should be used as a benchmark and why a vote needs to be cast.
@donnac58577 ай бұрын
I'm 72 retiree of 20yrs DoD living off of Social Security & my retirement $ goes to Medicare & 2nd insurances for medical, dental, vision/hearing. I would like to see Congress live off $1,300 a month paying rent, food etc. I am totally grateful I live with my daughter otherwise, I guess I would have to live in my car. That the life of a DoD being low on the totem pole.
@CKLee-rs4kl7 ай бұрын
The Senate and the House should not be allowed to use Social Security for anything other than to pay the people for what they and their employers have paid into with the reasonable expectation that the money will be there when they need it. The question of solvency is because congress has been helping themselves to the reserve. And never forget -- we pay for Medicare from our SSI and, if you elect to have an "advantage" plan, you pay for that as well.
@clairebear18087 ай бұрын
Well we should not have to worry about it every year. It is responsible for very detrimental mental health consequences for me. Add the absolute horrible coverage and care my health has suffered so much that I am not sure I want to go on. 😢yes how dare you all left and right . I paid for 40 years!
@powerWithinUs40557 ай бұрын
Find out from incoming callers…..are they making subsequent calls that might have been unnecessary had there simply been follow-up to the first place inquiry? Certified mail 150 days --received not the courtesy of a simple postcard acknowledgment.
@prissilou7 ай бұрын
I can't understand why so many Republicans talk about getting rid of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, especially considering HOW MANY AMERICANS depend on these programs. Americans that have paid into some of these programs their whole lives. Are the Republicans even caring about the American people, or just working for the rich?
@rickappling54707 ай бұрын
I think you answered your own question.
@plumbbobconstructionpants55997 ай бұрын
Right wing ideology is in part about protecting the rich from everybody else. This is a fine mindset up to a point since you need property rights, investors etc for stability. The problem seems to be enough is never enough. When you start getting up into the billions your talking about enough money to fund 100 generations but they still want more and right wing thinkers will protect their right to go after it. If that didn't by definition mean less for everyone else it wouldn't be a problem, but it does.
@Grannathinks7 ай бұрын
You know, S. S. can easily Be Solvent throughout the future. Exactly by not having a top money cap when deductions are automatically stopped.
@SandfordSmythe7 ай бұрын
And pay them the benefits also?
@yungsmile75467 ай бұрын
Tax the rich 1% of the population whose wealth increased 400% in just the last two years, as the 99% actually do the work it takes. Tax the rich! Feed the poor.
@rickappling54707 ай бұрын
It's more likely be more like Prince John than Robin Hood.
@rgruenhaus7 ай бұрын
The last two years I have gotten my taxes done they said my social security is NOT taxed!
@rickappling54707 ай бұрын
I am not sure who you had do you taxes. But my Social Security is definitely taxed. What do you think the SSA-1099 statement they send out is for. It has the amount they paid you, plus the money they took out for any of your premiums for any benefits you have. That amount goes on my 1040. I assume you have a similar form. And in my case I also have to declare any funds I take out of my retirement account. I know I am really lucky to have a retirement account. Most people aren't so fortunate.
@GCRK796 ай бұрын
Depends on your AGI ( Adjusted Gross Income). If it's less than 25k, then it is not taxable.
@ac-twig7 ай бұрын
Yes!!! 2075!
@user-mu3xk7ie2t7 ай бұрын
Tax the rich⚖️ Stay focused 🗳💙
@sanlin1296 ай бұрын
IMO-glad to hear that O’Malley & Sen Whitehouse identified the gap as well as the issue on income that were sheltered by the highly paid earners that should have been part of the taxable base under FICA tax which resulted in the 1982 solvency calculation shortfall.
@GivePeaceAChance127 ай бұрын
Can we get back the interest owed us when Reagan borrowed from soc sec to balance his budget. All including me needs to pay in to ssa, no escaping!!!
@billkaiana74417 ай бұрын
I paid 1.2 million in inheritance taxes...I had paid social security w/o a flinch...at 70 I'm constantly stressed thinking people who run 4 president n take all loop holdz saying they r smarter 4 not paying into their country...my dues have been paid now the hidden tax for being stressed is to much 2 bare...!!!😮😮😮
@ag-om6nr7 ай бұрын
Vote BLUE ! Trump has promised to gut Social Security !
@JusticeAlways7 ай бұрын
Real income working class wages have been in great decline...doesn't that have impact on Social Security funding?
@jeanberes41476 ай бұрын
Senator, regarding social security solvency, I’ve been saying for years that we need to significantly raise or even remove the cap on social security tax on income. Here’s how I look at it. If you own a home, you pay a specific % of real estate tax based on the value of your home. If tax was 1% and your home is worth 500,000 you would pay $5000. If your home is worth 5,000,000 you would pay 50,000. There is no ‘cap’ that says once you pay $5,000 you don’t have to pay more even if your home is worth 500 million $. It doesn’t matter if you have a family of 10 or you live alone. Why doesn’t social security tax work the same way? No, there’s a cap. So the lower and middle class bears the burden of taxes, while the rich pay nothing past the current cap. Makes no sense! And…Increasing the age of claiming benefits will be a disaster for our economy when todays youth turns 60 and start having health issues keeping them from working. Consider also that company’s don’t give pensions for these youngsters and 401k plans are a joke. So by the time our youngsters age, we will have a perfect storm setting up a generation for poverty.
@trishaeastman24147 ай бұрын
Here’s an idea for you… why doesn’t the Congress just return the 2.9 trillion dollars they borrowed from the Social Security Security Fund?!?!?! That would get it to solvency.
@SandfordSmythe7 ай бұрын
It is paying it back as needed. Meanwhile, it collects interest
@robertgreybeard14327 ай бұрын
I can’t tell you how many young folks have told me about the doubt they have about the chances they have to get SSI benefits. They feel bad about, real bad. As a matter of fact there are those who hold older folk like myself at fault, creating a rift. Maybe this is is wanted….?
@janwag68567 ай бұрын
Please tell them that I have heard that Social Security benefits would never come my way when I retired for about the last 40 years! I collected my earned retirement benefits for 10 of those years. This is an earned benefits program, put in place after the terrible years of the depression in the early 1900’s. It is meant to supplement the elderly in retirement through a mandatory contribution program; that’s why it’s called an entitlement. Don’t mess with it!! Don’t buy the bunk!!
@shirleyandrews11527 ай бұрын
It’s not SSI‼️ it’s SS= “Social Security”. SSI is for younger ppl who can’t work ever or ever again. Like ppl with muscular dystrophy or an incapacitating injury.
@a.michelle92896 ай бұрын
🇺🇸💙
@jericheatum94747 ай бұрын
🥰
@billmitchell20807 ай бұрын
Playing word games with social security is just wrong. Why does social security have to be fully funded? The defense budget money is manufactured out of thin air every year. In fact billions of dollars worth of weapons that only kill and destroy are given to other nations without concern for the debt or human consequences.
@eddieblann8597 ай бұрын
"Honerable"? martin o'mallley. No caps
@eddieblann8597 ай бұрын
Oops! I should say it has been paid into with no choice our whole lives and isn't a privilege but a debt owed back to us. It should be tax free and with interest!
@George7Baldwin7 ай бұрын
Let me think deduction Medicare by IRS not going to my VA. So🎉cial security deduction for Medicare please send them to the VA instead of a med service I don't use. You have an (med) insurance called Medicare. I have been using VA service because 1999 is when I registered for VA. Even though blue cross blue shield takes a cut of my household of four, 20k a year. It is so nice to make sure I pay more than $75 dollars in taxes Trump years.
@loripeterson4957 ай бұрын
Since Social Security is a self funding program, there is always some funds in trust. However, this program has been dipped into by other entities other than its regular funding. Perhaps this raiding can stop?? Medicare basically the same, though only partially self funded. Again, those who raid these 2 programs for other means than their intended beneficiaries, must stop. These programs wouldn't be in such critical status if greed went elsewhere.
@abdulrahmanraheem4237 ай бұрын
Sorry, but I have absolutely no faith in the government having social security benefits available in 20yrs..
@deborahpitcher77237 ай бұрын
Is it because you’re a Republican and you just believe in blowing up things
@rodneypratt97007 ай бұрын
After all the entitlements that GQP gave to the rich non tax payers this is just unnecessary cruelty! Pay back the money with interest that you took from social security? The right have only proven how monstrous they can be to normal people that they depend on for votes .😮😮😢
@truthlives61077 ай бұрын
👍 VOTE 🚫UT ALL THE MAGAs cuz tax cuts for themselves and their fav billionaires and MORE guns in the streets is all they care about besides more cruelty for those that can't work anymore / disabled. They're bought by the #NRA and #Trump 💩👎 ( got blasted for saying he wants to cut #SocialSecurity (last week ) , then tries to backtrack afterwards) of course and his #MAGA 💩👎 troll voters pay no attn to this . They just believe all he says. 💥 EVEN FOX NEWS IS TIRED OF TRUMP AND #MTG 🤮 now too ... MTG = A TOTAL #KAREN 👎
@rescuedogs41957 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SENATOR WHITEHOUSE FOR EXPOSING THE CRIMINALS