Government Quote by John Stossel

For those who unfairly lump Social Security in with Bernie Madoff, in all fairness, you should point out the difference. No one was ever…

— Addison Wiggin

The federal government has made explicit and implicit promises to millions of people, but has put no money aside in order to keep those…

— John C. Goodman

Social security isn’t a ponzi scheme. It’s not bankrupting us. It’s not an outrage. It is working.

— Rachel Maddow

Washington treats Social Security like a Ponzi scheme.

— Ron Johnson

The Senate was holding hearings on deceptive sweepstakes practices. These companies target the elderly, making them think they're going to get a bunch of…

— Colin Quinn

The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.

— Bernard Madoff

I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms. Calling it…

— Mitchell Zuckoff

The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths…

— Arthur Hertzberg

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

— Tony Snow

The welfare state may be well-intentioned, but it is a Ponzi scheme

— Dennis Prager

The real Social Security crisis is that the government does not have the money to redeem its IOUs.

— Paul Craig Roberts

Social Security is the greatest swindle of the poor ever.

— Stephen Moore