#social security

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#american taxpayer #borrow #come #directly #form

Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cutting Social Security benefits that Americans have earned should always be a last resort. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#back #benefits #constituents #cutting #earned

The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#expectancy #life #life expectancy #longer #much

You know, and younger people today, you know, they may not have Social Security. They may not have a pension. They may have 17 different jobs. And so they have to be - they have to, you know, establish somewhat of an ownership, you know, mentality. ↗

— Stedman Graham

#establish #jobs #know #may #mentality

It is not secret here in Congress we have not had the discipline in many instances to keep our hands out of the cookie jar of Social Security. Now to stop this I propose that in the future that Congress cannot get its hands on the money in the first place. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#congress #cookie #discipline #first #future

What we should be trying to do is to encourage people to establish private retirement accounts and help them take pressure off the Social Security system. ↗

— Dennis Moore

#encourage #establish #help #off #people

Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I had people on Social Security saying if getting fewer benefits will help us on the debt, they're for it. And I had a farmer saying that he's had subsidies for 35 years but we can't afford them anymore. ↗

— Peter Welch

#anymore #back #benefits #constituents #debt

I never sought to privatize Social Security. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#never #privatize #security #social #social security

A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#cap #corner #eliminating #investigate #president

Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#affordable #all americans #bringing #cost #democrats