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No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial collapse of Italy. The sacrifices will not be in vain, especially if the economy begins to grow again. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

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The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

#country #current #excessively #forms #instead

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

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We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#concrete #doing #introduce #just #plan

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

— Grace Napolitano

#even #fund #meet #obligations #percent

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

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We must level with the people and explain to them that Social Security will first face funding problems in 2042 that can be fixed now with changes that do not undermine and ultimately drain from the entire program. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#drain #entire #explain #face #first

We must take the time to do what needs to be done now, what is right, instead of passing a bad bill. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#bill #done #instead #must #needs

You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic. ↗

— Graham Nash

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And I am also here to say that if something were to happen, we are prepared to respond swiftly, to respond effectively, and to respond strongly. That is our tradition as a country. And that is a tradition that we will uphold, regardless of any circumstance because this nation is one that is very, very strong and, indeed, extraordinarily resilient. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

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