Social Security Quotes - Page 14

• In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and will not run out of funds until 2042.

  Nick Clooney

  Running, Hype, President

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• And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

  Louise Slaughter

  Hard Work, Equal Pay, Issues

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• There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.

  Grace Napolitano

  Reform, Needs, Social

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• Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.

  Grace Napolitano

  Reform, Able, Social

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• The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill.

  Jim Cooper

  War, Iraq, Drug

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• When you pay social security taxes, you are in no way making provision for your own retirement. You are paying the pensions of those who are already retired. Once you understand this, you see that whether you will get the benefits you are counting on when you retire depends on whether Congress will levy enough taxes, borrow enough, or print enough money.

  W. Allen Wallis

  Retirement, Benefits, Pay

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• These smugglers, many of them present in trafficking through my State of Arizona, create false Social Security cards, false green cards, visas and a variety of other fraudulent documents as an essential part of their smuggling activities.

  John Shadegg

  Essentials, Cards, Green

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• But I'm saying we are loosing the people who are going to pay my social security. And that bothers me.

  Joycelyn Elders

  Stupid, Humorous, People

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• Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

  Chaka Fattah

  Senior, African American, Poverty

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• Let us be clear about our choice. When we raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, no one dies. When we cut Social Security and Medicare, people die.

  Annabel Park

  Cutting, People, Choices

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• Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called leaders lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.

  Larry Elder

  Lying, School, Issues

  Larry Elder (2001). “The Ten Things You Can't Say In America”, p.7, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts.

  Jacob Hacker

  Home, Qualms About, People

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• Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round.

  Nick Clooney

  Years, Pay, Social

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• A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax.

  Nick Clooney

  President, Salary, Social

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• Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system.

  Chris Chocola

  Past, Payroll Tax, Security Systems

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• Do I want to see people take their Social Security payments and put them into private accounts, open up an eTrade account and go into the stock market? Absolutely not.

  Sean Duffy

  People, Want, Social

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• One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed.

  Virginia Foxx

  Needs, Social, Polls

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• I never sought to privatize Social Security.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Social, Security

  "Can Sen. Saxby Chambliss End the Chance of a Democratic Super Majority?". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. December 2, 2008.

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• Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

  Melissa Bean

  Data, Numbers, Hands

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• I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68.

  Howard Dean

  Retirement, Age, Favors

  "Dean Misspeaks About Social Security Retirement Age". Interview with Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. August 7, 2003.

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• The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut almost everything else. It would be tough but we could do it.

  Howard Dean

  Retirement, Moving, Cutting

  Interview with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. September 29, 2003.

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• Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.

  Diane Watson

  Generations, Social, Program

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• Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security.

  Li Keqiang

  Urbanization, Cities, Numbers

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• The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created.

  Virginia Foxx

  Today, Social, Expectancy

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• For those who unfairly lump Social Security in with Bernie Madoff, in all fairness, you should point out the difference. No one was ever legally required to pay money to Madoff.

  Addison Wiggin

  Differences, Pay, Fairness

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