Changed Quote by Jack Kingston

The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created.

— Virginia Foxx

For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize…

— Gail Collins

We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But…

— Benjamin E. Sasse

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

— Grace Napolitano

Raising the age of Social Security retirement is not the answer. For so many jobs that are back-breaking jobs, physically burdensome jobs, we're raising…

— Brad Schneider

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

The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going…

— Joe Heck

It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.

— Davy Jones

Why should old people get [Social Security]? They just sit around all day doing nothing.

— Pat Paulsen

How long do you want to wait until you start enjoying life? When you're sixty-five you get social security.

— Neil Simon

Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older -…

— Norm Coleman

The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it…

— Anonymous