You've Earned a Say: 50+ Voters and the Chained CPI

Heres what voters over 50 in Maine think about the chained CPI, a proposal on the table in Washington to cut Social Security and veterans benefits while also raising taxes for the majority of Americans:

No cuts to Social Security to reduce the deficit

90%
Across party lines, 90% of 50+ voters oppose reducing Social Security benefits in order to reduce the deficit. In fact, 82% strongly oppose it.

Todays seniors should not be affected by changes to Social Security

89% of voters 50+ say it is very important to them that Social Security benefits are not reduced for current seniors.

89%

Voters over 50 say no to the chained CPI:

73%
73% of voters 50+ oppose changing the way the Social Security cost of living increase is calculated.

79%
79% of voters 50+ oppose changing the way the cost of living increase is calculated for retired and disabled veterans benefits. 48% of 50+ voters oppose the way the tax code is adjusted for inflation to reduce the deficit.

Voters over 50 will be less favorable towards their members of Congress who support the chained CPI
68% of voters 50+ say they will be less favorable toward their member of Congress if he or she votes for the chained CPI proposal.

68%

SOCIAL SECURITY DEFICIT

Changes to Social Security should be separate from deficit-reduction discussions

85% of 50+ voters agree that the future of Social Security should be considered separately from budget-reduction discussions.

Methodology: Woelfel Research, an independent research firm, conducted 801 interviews of registered voters age 50+ on March 19 and March 20, 2013. This survey has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.5%.

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