African american Quote by Chaka Fattah

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

Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty.

— Bernie Sanders

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would…

— Steve Israel

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

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

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

I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty.

— Hank Johnson

“While this number puts the economic fragility of America’s families in a new light, the shocking statistic is that nine out of every ten…

— Thomas Shapiro

Despite all of the civil rights gains of the past several decades, when it comes to economic opportunity, African Americans and Latinos still experience…

— Sasha Abramsky

African-Americans now 45 percent poverty in the inner cities. The education is a disaster. Jobs are essentially nonexistent.

— Donald Trump