#social security

Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations. ↗

— Diane Watson

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I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042. ↗

— James T. Walsh

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Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history. ↗

— Jim Walsh

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Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security. ↗

— Diane Watson

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Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme. ↗

— Diane Watson

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I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

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Our fiat currency is under increasing stress with our large and growing trade deficits. We have a federal deficit that is calculated in the trillions when we take into account the net present value of the future Social Security and Medicaid obligations we are creating today. ↗

— George Noory

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One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

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The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill. ↗

— Jim Cooper

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I favor the abolition of all Social Security, Medicare and estate taxes. In their place, we should create a simple income tax system that has no deductions or credits at all. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

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