Social Security Quotes - Page 16

• The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut.

  Mark Dayton

  Retirement, Cutting, Age

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• Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income.

  Judy Biggert

  Retirement, Age, Income

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• Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.

  John Shadegg

  Retirement, Thinking, Elderly

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• Indeed, I think most Americans now know that in 1935 when Social Security was created, there were some 42 Americans working for every American collecting retirement benefits.

  John Shadegg

  Retirement, Thinking, Usa

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• President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would need to be supplemented by personal savings accounts.

  John Doolittle

  Country, Retirement, Order

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• Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations.

  Cliff Stearns

  Retirement, Long, Generations

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• When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Senior, Retirement, Sick

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

  Steve Israel

  Retirement, Reason, Social

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• I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions.

  Harry Browne

  War, Gun, Rights

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• If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen.

  Roger Ebert

  Two, Numbers, People

  Interview With Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. August 1, 2003.

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• Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Party, Law, Political

  Letter to Edgar Newton Eisenhower, teachingamericanhistory.org. November 08, 1954.

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• Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.

  Bill Frist

  Senior, Long, Support

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• We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want to be able to take everything back and get another one. We want a 401-k plan and Social Security.

  James Hillman

  Air, Bags, Guarantees

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• I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.

  Jack Kingston

  Thinking, Ideas, Important

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• For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

  Mike Pence

  Pregnancy, Government, Years

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

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• Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Fighting, Benefits, Pay

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• The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.

  Rand Paul

  Believe, Growth, Promise

  "Rand Paul’s Remarks at Howard University". www.theamericanconservative.com. April 10, 2013.

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• Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.

  Rand Paul

  Mean, Benefits, Pay

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• We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.

  Barack Obama

  Wall, Promise, Steps

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.

  Jim DeMint

  Thinking, People, Trying

  "This Week", abcnews.go.com. September 4, 2011.

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• 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. But it isn't. Lower income workers are the ones who find it hardest to keep working after 65. And they'll get penalized with lower benefits.

  Gail Collins

  People, Age, Sound

  "Fiscal Ecstasy". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. November 28, 2012.

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• I used to like John McCain, too, but I must admit that was because he was bucking his party to do things I agreed with. I would not have had that reaction if, say, Bernie Sanders decided to rebel out of principle and support privatizing Social Security.

  Gail Collins

  Party, Support, Principles

  "Politicians, Love ’Em or Hate ’Em". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. September 21, 2011.

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• It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now.

  Gary Johnson

  Social, Security

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• Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on the table.

  Joe Biden

  Tables, Gorillas, Rooms

  "Meet the Candidates" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. April 29, 2007.

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• We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Law, Borders, Cards

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