#social security

Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

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We want to make sure that Social Security is fixed for those people who have had that promise and there's something in the future for our younger workers. And we're not about to do a welfare program. ↗

— Dennis Hastert

#fixed #future #had #make #our

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

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The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#debt #dollars #economic #economic security #new

If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#clinton #continuing #country #figuring #go

From the employees' standpoint, in 1935, Social Security was a big gamble. Employees would be required to participate in the program, contributing a percentage of their income for their entire adult working life. ↗

— Wayne Allard

#big #contributing #employees #entire #gamble

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#complex #deal #education #jobs #need

Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and contributing to the greatness of our nation, every American should have a secure retirement. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

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Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

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Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look. ↗

— Conrad Bums

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