Agree Quote by Hank Johnson

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

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

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

Our seniors have worked long and hard to better the economy, raise families and serve their communities. They deserve to live independent and active…

— Christopher Dodd

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

— Bernie Sanders

The intergenerational poverty that troubles us so much today is predominantly a poverty of values.

— Dan Quayle

One of the most durable successes of the war on poverty was to dramatically reduce the number of elderly poor in America. That's still…

— Sasha Abramsky

“Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.”

— Aesop

The greatest poverty in America today is time poverty. People have money, but they don't have time.

— Brian Tracy

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works a full time job should have to live in poverty. That's a fundamental value…

— Anonymous

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

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

— Adam Cohen