Dangerous Quote by Max Baucus

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that…

— Mary Landrieu

Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to…

— Pete Sessions

While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say…

— Carl Levin

I just think that we ought to protect the Social Security fund.

— John McCain

Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first…

— Patty Murray

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that…

— Ron Chernow

Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard…

— Debbie Stabenow

Stock market risk is ok, but not for Social Security.

— Barack Obama

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent,…

— Ruben Hinojosa

The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to…

— Gary Johnson

Now, Social Security through the years, for many many people, has been a terrible investment. It's really a tax, that's all it is. Social…

— Todd Akin

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.

— Tony Snow