Social security Quotes · Page 16

[Oliver North is a] document-shredding, Constitution-trashing, Commander in Chief-bashing, Congress-thrashing, uniform-shaming, Ayatollah-loving, arms-dealing, criminal-protecting, résumé-enhancing, Noriega-coddling, Social Security-threatening, public school-denigrating, Swiss-banking-law-breaking, letter-faking,…

— Chuck Robb

I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement…

— Chaka Fattah

The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only…

— John Shadegg

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be…

— Ulrich Beck

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society,…

— Jeff Bingaman

“The phone rang. It was a familiar voice. It was Alan Greenspan. Paul O'Neill had tried to stay in touch with people…

— Ron Suskind

The real Social Security crisis is that the government does not have the money to redeem its IOUs.

— Paul Craig Roberts

I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess,…

— George W. Bush

Make no mistake, if the payroll-tax cut is extended, it will become permanent. Social Security will become another welfare program as the…

— Ari Fleischer

Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we…

— Tim Kaine

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more…

— Tony Snow

Social Security makes up a much larger share of total retirement income for unmarried women and minorities than it does for married…

— Diane Watson

Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent…

— Debbie Stabenow

Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement.

— Anonymous

No government can provide social security. It is not in the nature of government to be able to provide anything. Government itself…

— Garet Garrett

To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates…

— Steven Rattner

Claiming that Social Security benefits are safe may sound naive, but my view is actually quite cynical. I believe that as long…

— Richard Thaler

Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty.

— Adam Cohen

“Damn it, don’t you have any decent music in this house? Be right back, I’m getting my iPod out of my truck.”…

— Cardeno C

It is time for the general fund to pay the Social Security fund back.

— Anonymous

“In 2010, 70 percent of federal tax revenue was consumed by three entitlement programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security)”

— Philip K. Howard

You know, 600,000 millionaires get a Social Security check every month. I think there's enough waste and inefficiency.

— Richard Lamm

“According to the American Lung Association, the average smoker dies seven years earlier than the average nonsmoker, which means that smokers pay…

— Charles Wheelan

Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing…

— Cliff Stearns

The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education…

— Robert Reich