America Quote by Bernie Sanders

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

“Without Social Security, the official U.S. poverty rate among the aged would jump from 9 percent to nearly 50 percent—about the same rate as…

— David Cay Johnston

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has…

— Steve Israel

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

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

— Adam Cohen

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

— Chaka Fattah

A year's worth of Social Security for an individual is not considered to be below the poverty level, and yet we know that would…

— Mellody Hobson

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to…

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history.

— Jim Walsh

“Two scholars who served on the staff of President Reagan’s 1982 National Commission on Social Security Reform explain that Social Security does more to…

— David Cay Johnston

Most elderly are retirees with relatively low incomes. But some may possess assets, and they will be classified as poor. As such, the elderly…

— Carrie Lam