American Quote by Kent Conrad

Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is an insurance…

— Scott Pelley

For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the size of…

— John C. Goodman

When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were…

— John Breaux

Carli Fiorina thinks the answer for Social Security and Medicare is...zero-based budgeting! Christ. People of a certain age are all banging their heads on…

— Ted Cruz

It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this budget would…

— Craig L. Thomas

I'm not quite sure,this is the issue that is on the minds of the American people right now, who basically want to make sure…

— Bernie Sanders

“In the United States, 25 percent of all Medicare spending is for the 5 percent of patients who are in their final year of…

— Atul Gawande

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

— Hank Johnson

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.

— Mark Dayton

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to…

— Jim Ryun

It is a $270 billion cut in medicare

— William J. Clinton