Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68. — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
From the time I was 8 until now, I've been working. My Social Security is looking solid. — Jose Garces Copy Share Image
Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement. — Grace Napolitano Copy Share Image
If social security depresses savings rates, it is only because it is unfunded. — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I vote Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
F.D.R. had an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions in 1933 when he drove 15 major bills through the Congress, and super majorities… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I have the highest number of Social Security recipients of any Member of Congress, and it is always good to hear about… — Ginny Brown-Waite Copy Share Image
My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans have paid into social security and deserve their full benefits. Pure and simple, Republicans are manufacturing a social security… — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
I have long been a critic of Social Security, basically because I believe that it is not the business of government to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Generations of Americans built our Social Security system to provide basic and widespread protection against loss of earnings arising from the death,… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
The country has large unfunded liabilities - social security, health care, and there will have to be some adjustments to these problems.… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hardly anybody thinks about typing in their social security number as ID. Hardly anybody pays attention to the myriad of security cameras.… — Remi Aubuchon Copy Share Image
The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only… — John Shadegg Copy Share Image
Every generation faces a challenge. In the 1930s, it was the creation of Social Security. In the 1960s, it was putting a… — Eileen Claussen Copy Share Image
“Nor did we hear on the campaign trail that Obama would push gay marriage, open borders, near-permanent zero interest rates, six consecutive… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why don't Republicans spend all their airtime attacking the media for lying about what Obama's amnesty does and what the Democrats are… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Once it had been simple. Civil rights supporters knew who their enemies were: special interests such as the real estate associations (who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
That's an interesting paradox to think about. Make it legal and it's no good. Why? Because as long as it's illegal the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
We have to get back to a government where leaders are willing to talk across party lines and do not have absolute… — Patty Judge Copy Share Image
Social Security should be phased out and ended altogether. ... Social Security in any form is morally irredeemable. We should be debating,… — Alex Epstein Copy Share Image
Social security isn’t a ponzi scheme. It’s not bankrupting us. It’s not an outrage. It is working. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
Social Security faces financial problems down the road because of demographics. — John S. Tanner Copy Share Image
Increasing the minimum wagewill put billions annually into the Social Security trust fund. — Bruce Braley Copy Share Image
While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis. — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit. — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
