Basics Quote by Elizabeth Warren

“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

To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact…

— Steven Rattner

We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social…

— John W. Snow

Social Security is a solemn promise to kupuna like my 88-year-old mother that they can rely on the retirement they've earned. While I'm glad…

— Mazie Hirono

Well, George W.Bush wanted to privatize Social Security. It's an ideological thing.

— Oliver Stone

I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the federal government…

— Ken Buck

They want the federal government controlling the Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program.

— George W. Bush

Donald Trump has said he wants to keep Medicare and Social Security the way they are. Congressman Price along with most Republicans are on…

— Mara Liasson

Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that…

— Lindsey Graham

Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.

— Hank Johnson

Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of…

— Ginny Brown-Waite

I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on…

— John W. Snow