As of: January 26, 2024, 12:29 p.m
By: Daniel Dillmann
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Nikki Haley is planning a major overhaul of social policy in the USA.
The Republican candidate is particularly interested in pensions.
Washington DC – These are projects that threaten to shift the social balance in the United States.
Nikki Haley, candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2024 US election, has announced that she will reform pensions in the US after a possible election victory.
Their proposals evoke ghosts of a bygone era of the Grand Old Party (GOP), when fiscal discipline and international engagement were the cornerstones of conservative politics in the United States.
According to a New York Times
report,
Haley had been discussing her retirement plans well before the New Hampshire primary.
She wants to cut social security benefits.
Internationally, the former US ambassador to the United Nations wants her country to have a strong, muscular appearance.
Nikki Haley's pension plans in the event of a US election victory bring Donald Trump into the spotlight
Haley's plans brought her opponent Donald Trump onto the scene.
The favorite for the Republican nomination launched scathing attacks on his former staffer.
Haley's reform projects reflect the “Republican orthodoxy,” as the
New York Times
wrote, and as it was practiced under presidents such as Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush.
Their policies shaped U.S. international alliances that defined the postwar order.
But they contradict Trump's domestic policy plans for pensions and his international isolationism.
Nikki Haley, here campaigning in New Hampshire, has big plans for pension reform in the USA.
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In the US primaries, Nikki Haley is countering this with her appeal to the origins of the Republicans: financial conscience and foreign policy leadership.
During his 2012 election campaign against Barack Obama, Mitt Romney also proposed raising the retirement age for young workers and cutting benefits for wealthier people.
Before that, US President George W. Bush failed with his plan to fundamentally reform social security in the USA.
Haley's pension proposal is polarizing the US political arena
Haley’s suggestions are not reinventing the wheel.
Their pension plans in particular are based on the recommendations of a bipartisan commission set up during Barack Obama's presidency to address the budget deficit.
Despite their bipartisan roots, these recommendations were never implemented, as the
New York Times
reports.
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But Haley's pension plans have a highly polarizing effect in the US political arena.
While some have praised her for her courage in confronting Social Security problems, others, particularly Donald Trump, have criticized her for wanting to cut welfare.
Haley has rejected this accusation and, according to a report by the news portal
Politifact
, has repeatedly emphasized that she wants to protect benefits for those who are already at or near retirement age.
The issue of pensions is in the spotlight ahead of the 2024 US election
In the 2024 U.S. election year, Haley is positioning herself as a reform-minded candidate willing to make unpopular decisions on pension issues to secure the country's financial future.
Her proposals are a crucial part of her election campaign and could represent a significant shift in America's social security system.
The upcoming White House race won't just be a test of Nikki Haley's political priorities.
Voters' willingness to embrace sweeping changes to the nation's safety net is also being tested.
But according to a report by the news channel CNN,
the former governor of the US state of South Carolina is
primarily addressing her message to those who are concerned about the longevity of the pension system and are ready for a new direction in American social policy.
And Haley desperately needs more support.
In the polls for the US primaries, she is well behind Trump.
The discussions and controversies surrounding Haley's proposals for pensions in the USA will continue - at least as long as the duel for the nomination between her and Donald Trump rages.
But whoever challenges incumbent Joe Biden on November 5, the issue of pensions will remain in the spotlight of political debate until America goes to the ballot box.
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