Able Quote by Barbara Mikulski

Why should old people get [Social Security]? They just sit around all day doing nothing.

— Pat Paulsen

There was a time not too long ago when American seniors were too often forced to go without food, medicine, and quality healthcare. But…

— Mike Quigley

It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard…

— Fred Upton

Without Social Security benefits, more than 40 percent of Americans 65 years and older would live below the federal poverty line. Even more striking…

— Mike Quigley

For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize…

— Gail Collins

If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.

— Michael Moore

Retirees who are on Medicare will suffer the consequences of 700 billions of Medicare dollars instead being used to cover the skyrocketing cost of…

— Suzanne Somers

Over half of people who are working now and over 50 have nothing for retirement savings. They will only have Social Security to rely on.

— Teresa Ghilarducci

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live…

— Jack Kingston

Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its…

— Bill Frist

Medicare is a promise we made to seniors more than four decades ago. When President Johnson signed Medicare into law, one in three seniors…

— John Garamendi

I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire with dignity…

— Barack Obama