Candidates Quote by Rick Perry

It (Social Security) is a Ponzi scheme for these young people. The idea that they're working and paying into Social Security today, that the…

— Rick Perry

The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it's a major problem, that's just a hidden way of trying to…

— Noam Chomsky

The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going…

— Joe Heck

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

— William Weld

Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.

— Diane Watson

Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable…

— Bernie Sanders

What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts, and the…

— Jack Kingston

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

— Hank Johnson

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

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

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

Well, George W.Bush wanted to privatize Social Security. It's an ideological thing.

— Oliver Stone