Cutting Quote by Barack Obama

There's a need to reform Medicare, but not a need to cut a half trillion dollars out of Medicare.

— Charlie Dent

Medicare in particular will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program no matter how much taxes go…

— Barack Obama

And in terms of entitlement reforms, we have to save them from themselves, because if we don't reform social security and we don't reform…

— Ben Quayle

And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's…

— Barack Obama

We cannot afford to balance the budget on the backs of America's middle class and seniors and must do what it takes to strengthen…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans…

— Howard Dean

The government has made $44 trillion in promises we can't afford to keep. We must get serious now about our long-term budgetary problems, recognizing…

— Judd Gregg

How does one leave Social Security and Medicare untouched, grow defense by more than $50 billion, slash taxes, launch a $1 trillion infrastructure program…

— Pat Buchanan

We have got to cut the spending. We have got to fix Medicare and Social Security. And actually, if we don't cut spending, this…

— Paul Broun

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not…

— William Greider

Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our medicare

— Edward Kennedy

I want to reduce America's deficit by cutting spending that we don't need but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit…

— Barack Obama