Social Security Quotes - Page 7

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country

Barbara Mikulski

Country, Hurt, Social

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From the employees' standpoint, in 1935, Social Security was a big gamble. Employees would be required to participate in the program, contributing a percentage of their income for their entire adult working life.

Wayne Allard

Adults, Would Be, Income

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But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.

Sue Kelly

Promise, Needs, Generations

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Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).

Paul Krugman

Social, Program, Security

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I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'

Barbara Boxer

March On Washington, Social, Security

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The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers

Barbara Boxer

Change, Country, White

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Social security isn’t a ponzi scheme. It’s not bankrupting us. It’s not an outrage. It is working.

Rachel Maddow

Social, Outrage, Ponzi Scheme

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As I think all Americans understand on both sides of the aisle, the Social Security system as it is structured today is a pay-as-you-go system.

John Shadegg

Thinking, Security Systems, Pay

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Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

Tim Kaine

Rights, Race, Doe

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Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

Emanuel Cleaver

Broken, Covenant, Social

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The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money

Robert Byrd

Iraq, President, Want

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Don't let the politicians chip away at the New Deal and the Great Society programs like Social Security and Medicare, that puts a floor beyond which the elderly, the sick, the powerless do not starve or lack for medicine or shelter.

Helen Thomas

Medicine, Elderly, Sick

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I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

Paul Sarbanes

Respect, Security Systems, People

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The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare.

Ben Bernanke

Running, Long, Might

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Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.

Shelley Berkley

Idaho, Problem, Social

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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit

Barry Goldwater

People, Benefits, Earning

Barry Goldwater (1994). “The Conscience of a Conservative”, p.6, Regnery Publishing

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Social Security is an extremely complicated program.

John Thune

Complicated, Social, Program

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I've never denied my sexual orientation. I just don't make a point of it. It isn't what I do. Clearly, I'm known for the work I've done on trade and Social Security.

Jim Kolbe

Done, Social, Trade

"Delegates consider boycott of Kolbe speech" by Jeff Barker, www.cnn.com. August 1, 2000.

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As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to 'free up' more money for the 'fit' and those who contribute more than they take from society.

Cal Thomas

Elderly, Ease, Pressure

"Death of Terri Schiavo ... Threatens Us All" by Cal Thomas, www.foxnews.com. March 28, 2005.

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The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense!

Arthur Hertzberg

Country, Wall, Depth

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Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.

Sherrod Brown

Rights, Government, Safety

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When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world.

Jim Leach

Successful, Important, United States

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Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Today, Denial, Social

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And because of these programs like Medicare, Medicare prescription drugs, Social Security, we now have the healthiest and wealthiest group of senior citizens that the world has ever seen. This is a continuing commitment to that.

James T. Walsh

Senior, Commitment, Drug

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According to the Social Security Administration, in 1945, 41.9 workers supported each individual retiree, while today only 3.3 workers support each retiree. This system cannot continue.

Larry Elder

Support, Today, Administration

"You're too stupid to manage your own money". townhall.com. January 20, 2005.

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