Firsts Quote by Debbie Stabenow

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that…

— Mary Landrieu

The president and Republicans in Congress have repeatedly promised to revisit Social Security privatization after November. But Americans have already said, loud and clear,…

— Jim Clyburn

The various Social Security privatization schemes, full and partial, would cost both the 'social' - that is the public, cooperative, societal - element of…

— Ralph Nader

The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people…

— Chaka Fattah

We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program.

— Richard Neal

Our government is ready to guarantee their investments for them, and then we will create tax incentives. We are interested in having all these…

— Ibrahim Rugova

First of all, the Social Security money belongs to Main Street, not to Wall Street. It needs to be said very clearly here that…

— Dennis Kucinich

Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard…

— Debbie Stabenow

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent,…

— Ruben Hinojosa

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole…

— Barbara Mikulski

The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt.

— Ruben Hinojosa

The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to…

— Gary Johnson