Retirement Quotes - Page 16

• The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years.

  Neal Boortz

  Years, Numbers, Government

  Neal Boortz (1998). “The Terrible Truth about Liberals”, p.77, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.

  Norm Coleman

  Change, Ifs And, Security Systems

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• Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives and while this is all great news, this has also placed added pressure on America's retirement system.

  Norm Coleman

  America, Productive Life, Our Society

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• I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.

  Owen Hart

  Running, Ideas, Might

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• I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected.

  Pedro Martinez

  People, Plus, Plans

  "Pedro Martinez says he’s on way to retirement". www.washingtontimes.com. May 1, 2011.

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• Of course, I'm sour that if (retirement) happens, I didn't get to quit on my own terms.

  Peter Forsberg

  Quitting, Sour, Term

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• For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare.

  Reince Priebus

  Senior, Cutting, Scare Tactics

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• I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing.

  Robbie Fowler

  Player, Games, People

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• I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City.

  Robert MacNeil

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• 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 there's something sacrosanct about retirement investments.

  Ron Chernow

  Thinking, Ideas, Dubious

  "Frontline" Interview, www.pbs.org.

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• We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the stock market, and we don't know, frankly, how it would work under every scenario.

  Ron Chernow

  People, Funding, Havens

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• There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom Generation, which has suddenly discovered that it will have to provide for its own retirement.

  Ron Chernow

  Baby, Generations, Panic

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• At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security.

  Ruben Hinojosa

  Jobs, Children, Military

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• 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, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans.

  Ruben Hinojosa

  Loss, Cutting, Administration

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• No, I don't belong to a retirement community.

  Sally Kellerman

  Community

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• I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.

  Sally Pearson

  Passion, Animal, Long

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The current institutionally provided retirement plans will not cover people's needs upon retirement.

  Scott D. Cook

  People, Needs, Currents

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• Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.

  Scott D. Cook

  Self, People, Want

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• I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got self-imposed term limits of six terms if I have the privilege to serve that long.

  Scott Rigell

  Thinking, Self, Long

  "Lawmaker calls Buffett's bluff". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. January 13, 2012.

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• Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement.

  Steve Bartlett

  Advice, Reform, Enrollment

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• I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.

  Steve Israel

  Believe, Mean, Guarantees

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• The President and I agree that Social Security needs to be preserved so that we can ensure that all Americans receive the retirement benefits they've been promised. But we disagree as to how best to fix the system.

  Steve Israel

  President, Needs, Benefits

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• For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.

  Steve Israel

  Reason, Social, Rely

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• It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old.

  Steve Israel

  Jobs, Cutting, Years

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• Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans.

  Sue Kelly

  Foundation, Social, Millions

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