Jan. 26 � To the Editor:

My daughter and I have been knocking on doors for Elizabeth Warren since April. One topic comes up again and again: Social Security. Last month, we met a woman whose husband died when her two daughters were teenagers. Her survivor�s benefits were so meager, she had to work two jobs just to make ends meet. She took her own benefits early and still works weekends as a home health aide in order to pay her bills.

Social Security has become a hot topic. As Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders attack one another in commercials and op-eds, the details of what each proposes to do as president to protect and expand Social Security are lost. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren has offered the most specific and ambitious plan for protecting and expanding Social Security.

Under Elizabeth�s plan, every recipient will receive an immediate $200-a-month increase. She will also revise the rules to increase benefits for lower income families, women, people with disabilities, public-sector workers, and people of color. All of this can be paid for while protecting the long-term solvency of the program by asking the top 2% of earners to contribute their fair share.

For the first time in our history, Social Security will be a truly progressive program, lifting nearly 5 million seniors out of poverty and increasing long-term economic growth while reducing our national deficit.

I am voting for Elizabeth because with plans like these, she can bring us together and invest in a positive future for our country.

Eric Schildge

Hampton