Benefits Quote by W. Allen Wallis

With more than half of the American workforce without private pension coverage, Social Security provides economic certainty within a system that is fair, equitable,…

— Mike Quigley

Social Security is a tax.

— Todd Akin

Social Security may be the most beloved of all the government's programs, partly because it requires so little thinking. You pay taxes while you…

— Richard Thaler

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will…

— Jeff Bingaman

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

With or without a Social Security fix, Americans don't have enough assets to retire on. There has to be a much larger debate.

— Frank Keating

Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and…

— Debbie Stabenow

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

It has to have a payroll tax that's dedicated to Social Security. The Social Security tax has been very successful over the years in…

— James Roosevelt

The next generation is going to have to understand that Social Security is just one leg of a stool. We need to actually bring…

— Darryl Glenn

The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why…

— Rob Simmons

I stand with the millions of seniors and working people who depend on Social Security and who expect the money they put in to…

— Hank Johnson