Heidi Hatch sat down with Democratic candidate Kathleen Riebe to discuss why she decided to run for Congress, her experience as a school teacher, State Legislator and mom of 2.

Hear where she stands on the economy, funding Ukraine, Israel, how to fix Social Security, energy and who she supports for President.

Riebe on X formerly Twitter said “Celeste Maloy would cut Social Security and Medicare - and just reminded Utah voters. I will defend the public, earned benefits that Utahns and Americans have spent their lives working for.”

We asked her about the issue of social security, which according to the Congressional Budget Office will be insolvent in the next decade. If nothing is done, Social Security checks will be cut by 25% in a decade.

On the podcast, Riebe said “I haven’t said that I wouldn’t touch it. I said that I wouldn’t get rid of it.”

So what will she do if elected?

“We have a cap of how high your salary has to be and then you stop contributing at the same amount. I would raise that amount of money.”

“There’s also a bunch of solutions that they have on the federal website they talk about if you were at a higher percentage of earners, you start to receive less money.”

“We need to start making a situation for the most vulnerable to have that safety net work when you think about the death benefit that’s been a survivor benefit for families are really struggling that’s a huge amount of money for someone who doesn’t have a caretaker in their lives or to caretakers in your life.

I think there’s room for those algorithms and equations to be tweaked so that the people that need it can get more in the people that don’t need it still can get out what they put into it.”

The special election will be held Nov. 21.

To read more about Riebe’s Campaign and issues, visit her Riebe For Congress website.

Republican Candidate Celeste Maloy has been invited to join the podcast for the upcoming general election.

Maloy sat down with Heid Hatch in August during the primary election.

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