#social security

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market. ↗

— Tony Snow

#every #in other words #insecure #market #other

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam. ↗

— Tony Snow

#real #rip-off #scam #security #short-term

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

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

Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem. ↗

— Shelley Berkley

#only #privatizing #problem #security #social

If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#government #like #rest #security #social

The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#dead #economist #john #long #long run

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security. ↗

— Joe Biden

#accounts #cut #debate #how #legitimacy

It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard to tell someone who might be 82, that they've gotta go back to work, because their benefits are gonna be chopped. That's not gonna happen. ↗

— Fred Upton

#back #because #benefit #benefiting #benefits