I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition… — Paul Sarbanes Copy Share Image
Social Security and Medicare are necessary safety nets, but they are nearing insolvency as fewer pay in, more take out, and more… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts,… — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone… — Jack Reed Copy Share Image
No matter what politicians promise, Social Security reform will not change the fact that your money is taken from your paycheck and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them -… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
…the truth is, while the FBI is hiding behind the 5th Amendment, the Unabomer is qualifying for Social Security as a terrorist.… — James Traficant Copy Share Image
I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Nation's seniors that are… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: A social… — Paige Bradley Copy Share Image
These are the now-endangered markers of a civilized society: legally ordained minimum wages, child labor laws, workers safety and compensation laws, pure… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“According to the Pew study, our collective list of concerns goes like this: the economy, jobs, terrorism, Social Security, education, energy, Medicare,… — Heidi Cullen Copy Share Image
The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding… — George Will Copy Share Image
The physical lot of surviving workers had notably improved, with unemployment insurance, social security, and the new health services, while their children's… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
Social Security is inherently unsound for the simple reason that it's a political program run by politicians for political purposes...Social Security operates… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
“We produce thirty-year projections of social security deficits and oil prices without realizing that we cannot even predict these for next summer—our… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future generations.… — John Doolittle Copy Share Image
“The whole program of unemployment insurance, Social Security, was a confession of the failure of our whole social order. And confession of… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“Social security was the most emotional issue that session. Republicans protested that if the administration bill were passed, children would no longer… — William R. Manchester Copy Share Image
The Social Security Act offers to all our citizens a workable and working method of meeting urgent present needs and of forestalling… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Reform immigration to make it easy for individuals to come over here, be documented, pay taxes - immigration reform is needed to… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
This is what class warfare looks like: The Business Roundtable - representing Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and others… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The system we have built refuses to recognize people. Only credit cards are recognized. Drivers' licenses are recognized. But not people. People… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
“For all these reasons Eisenhower's first term witnessed little significant domestic legislation. Aside from the extension of Social Security, which had the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
When the concept of Social Security came before the House, every Republican but one voted against it. Had it not been for… — Sam Rayburn Copy Share Image
This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation. Medicare and Social… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that… — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high… — Jim Clyburn Copy Share Image
The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
We began to temper Western democracy with what I'd call a social contract. We put in Social Security, graduated income tax, workers'… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
Not too many years ago, both parties acknowledged that our entitlement commitments were a sword hanging over our heads. But when President… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Amnesty will not help balance our budget ... In fact, a large-scale amnesty is likely to add trillions of dollars to the… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“would listen with growing outrage as hypocritical and obtuse American senators made all these demands of Iraqi legislators and yet themselves could… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Instead of following through on their promise to concentrate on jobs, Republicans have attacked seniors, working families, women, and the most vulnerable… — Dina Titus Copy Share Image
It is not secret here in Congress we have not had the discipline in many instances to keep our hands out of… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
