SEYMOUR — U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., signed a pledge today to protect Social Security from privatization, saying he wanted to protect benefits for seniors and future generations.
The country made a promise to its citizens, Hill said, so he intends to protect that promise to Hoosiers who rely on Social Security to provide basic needs such as prescription medications or rent.
“I am determined to ensure that Social Security retirement will be available for all those who pay into the fund. Because of this I pledge to protect Social Security by protecting it from privatization. We simply cannot subject the retirement of our seniors to the whims of the stock market,” Hill said in a news release.
Hill, a Seymour native, is seeking a sixth term as Indiana’s 9th District congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
His main challenger is Republican Todd Young, who defeated Columbus’ Travis Hankins and former congressman Mike Sodrel in the primary. Young, a Bloomington resident, is a deputy prosecutor in Orange County.