#social security

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

#administration #all americans #benefits #cutting #guaranteed

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

Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets. ↗

— Max Baucus

#folks #out #pockets #privatizing #security

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

#american #contributing #ensuring #every #fundamental

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

— Sherrod Brown

#food #fought #government #medicare #organized

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

#any #arbitrarily #believe #democrat #dismiss

If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will be unable to meet its promises to tomorrow's retirees, and it will burden our children and grandchildren with exhaustive taxes. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#burden #children #depend #exhaustive #grandchildren

In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and will not run out of funds until 2042. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#even #funding #funds #future #in my opinion