Budget Quote by Jerome Powell

Social Security is a tax.

— Todd Akin

Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue…

— James Surowiecki

The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.

— Mitch McConnell

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

— Hank Johnson

Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make…

— Jared Bernstein

One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a…

— Mike Huckabee

More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social…

— Alex Tabarrok

When you pay social security taxes, you are in no way making provision for your own retirement. You are paying the pensions of those…

— W. Allen Wallis

In normal times, at the beginning of each month, the federal government makes a cash advance to the Social Security Trust Fund called the…

— Jerome Powell

Social Security is a tax and an insurance program. It's not a 401(k) program.

— Todd Wilcox

Social Security is a widely popular program because the individual has been deceived by the Statist to believe that the government has been prudently…

— Mark Levin

By requiring that any surplus in Social Security taxes be returned to the American people in personal savings accounts, the plan ensures that Social…

— Mike Pence