#reform

While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid. ↗

— Fred Upton

#entitlement #even #focused #future #heavily

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#also #budget #democrats #done #entitlements

Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. ↗

— John Cornyn

#half #households #income #income tax #need

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#defeat #forth #reformer #sets #sure

We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics. ↗

— Tom Daschle

#campaign finance #campaign finance reform #finance #grip #interests

We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#best #business #comprehensive #invest #make

Nettelhorst School’s transformation from a struggling school into a vibrant educational community is an inspiration. I hope their story—a story of dedicated parents and innovative administrators—will embolden reformers across the country to step forward and take back their schools. ↗

— Richard J. Durbin U.S. Senator for Illinois Assistant Majority Leader

#school-reform #education

Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#care #health #health care #health insurance #health reform

In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change. ↗

— Abdallah II

#change #cycle #event #our #own

The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

#country #euro #greeks #inside #keep