Benefits Quote by Rick Santorum

My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are…

— Iain Duncan Smith

One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer.…

— Gail Collins

On aging societies, there is no reason why a country that has a lot of old people can't be prosperous if, during their working…

— Milton Friedman

We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.

— Ken Buck

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives…

— Anonymous

If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide…

— Harry Browne

Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty.

— Adam Cohen

When working men and women have secure jobs with living wages and social protection, they can invest in the economy at levels which will…

— Sharan Burrow

There is a basic state pension to which we are all entitled at a certain age, but on top of that we encourage everyone…

— Damian Green

“Longevity has fucked up our pensions, our work–life balance, our health services, our housing, our happiness. It’s fucked up old age itself.”

— Margaret Drabble

The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior.

— James Cook

Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.

— Henry David Thoreau