TPMDC has been busy tracking down which Congressmen support Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget proposal, which would privatize Social Security for the younger generations.
Add Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) to the “yes” column. As Think Progress points out, Kingston appeared on Fox Business this week and called for moving from Social Security to “personalized accounts” and replacing Medicare with vouchers.
We need to go in, and we need to cut duplicate programs, programs that are inefficient, programs that are expanding the entitlement mentality. I think we should go back to Social Security, take it off budget, dedicate the funds, put personalized accounts on it. On Medicare, I think something like vouchers, where people actually have an incentive to save money for the government, and they’re rewarded for doing so.
Watch, starting at about 2:10:
Kingston is unabashed in his support for the idea, posting this video on his YouTube account and calling for personal Social Security accounts on his House web site.
