Doing nothing Quote by Pat Paulsen

When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count…

— Barbara Mikulski

If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.

— Michael Moore

You know, and younger people today, you know, they may not have Social Security. They may not have a pension. They may have 17…

— Stedman Graham

I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by which the…

— Bernie Sanders

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

Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But…

— Richard Lamm

Social Security is meant to be - to make sure that no one who's worked hard, and played by the rules, and paid into…

— Chris Christie

Over half of people who are working now and over 50 have nothing for retirement savings. They will only have Social Security to rely on.

— Teresa Ghilarducci

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live…

— Jack Kingston

I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire with dignity…

— Barack Obama

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to…

— P. J. O'Rourke

We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is…

— John Thune