Benefits Quote by Grace Napolitano

“Latinas' life expectancies are relatively long. When a current retiree hits 65 and begins receiving her benefit check, she can expect to live another 22 years. That life expectancy is higher than white women or men.”

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I am not criticizing investing in the stock market; I am an investor.

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A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and…

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The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that…

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If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.

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President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.

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Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.

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