#social security

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits. ↗

— Tony Snow

#baby #baby boomers #benefits #boomers #by the time

I believe that we should allow younger workers to contribute toward a personal account that they own, as long as it is coupled with deficit reduction measures that enhance the long-term condition of Social Security. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#allow #believe #condition #contribute #coupled

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#demise #effective #overstated #predictions #prior

Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes. ↗

— Peter Orszag

#faces #long-term #security #social #social security

The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#before #benefit #family #never #nothing

Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit. ↗

— James Roosevelt

#changes #done #full #now #preserve

We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce. ↗

— John Thune

#ensure #entering #find #fixes #generation

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

#convince #country #dire #dire need #drastic

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

— Nick Clooney

#out #pay #round #security #social

Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#front #last #nation #security #social