Curious how Hawaii candidates for federal office stand on Social Security, Medicare and financial security?

AARP’s online voter guide provides answers in candidate’s own words.

The website is also a portal for state legislative races, “where candidates state their positions on issues related to health care, long-term care, the state budget, and tax reform,” according to a press release.

Excerpts:

Charles K. Djou: Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs need to be protected, not abused and exploited. Frequent borrowing from social security to pay for today’s “priorities” has bankrupted the program. …

Colleen W. Hanabusa: Social Security is one program that does not contribute to the deficit. It is a self-financed program funded directly by payroll contributions that go into a self-sustaining trust fund. …