recipient. I believe that we must use the budget surpluses to strengthen Social Security until at least 2050. I am proposing to devote all Social Security surpluses to Social Security and debt reduction. My balanced budget plan moves the entire Social Security surplus to debt reduction and to improve Social Security. I believe Social Security should not be damaged by a large tax cut that spends Social Security surpluses. I will strengthen Social Security until at least 2050 by using the long-term interest savings. My plan to reduce the publicly held debt by nearly $2.2 trillion over the next ten years will produce significant interest savings. In 2011, the interest savings will be about $120 billion. These interest savings transfers will grow to about $250 billion yearly after 2015. I will improve fairness for widows, widowers, and mothers. I have a financially responsible plan to strengthen Social Security and add new guarantees of fairness for widows, widowers, and mothers. While fixing unfair penalties, these changes affect less than five percent of the Social Security surpluses. The savings from long-term interest would fully pay for my proposals to modernize Social Security's benefits, eliminating the motherhood penalty and improving the widow benefit extending flexibility until at least 2050.The next and final issue I will be discussing is a national health care program for children. My plan would ensure that every child has access to affordable health care coverage by 2005, by expanding coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). More than 11 million children in America do not have health insurance. Uninsured children are less likely to get immunizations and annual check-ups. Millions of uninsured children across the nation are still not eligible for CHIP, and many eligible children have not been enrolled because of cumbersome barriers in some states. More than 85 percent of parents who have child...
