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The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
In 1935, the year Social Security was created, the poverty rate for seniors was over 70%.
We should stop having a conversation about cutting Social Security a little bit or a lot.
Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty.
There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.
Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.
Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.
All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security.
The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend an imploding status quo.
My neighbors aren't millionaires. They're retirees who depend on Social Security and Medicare.
Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.
I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.
Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women.
If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.
It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.
We cannot realize financial reconstruction and enhance social security without a strong economy.
I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.
The real Social Security crisis is that the government does not have the money to redeem its IOUs.
Democrats need to stand strong against any efforts to cut benefits to Social Security and Medicare.
Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.
Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).
Never once have I thought that Social Security would be something that would ever be available to me.
I was writing 'He Who Shapes' when I was working for the Social Security Administration in Baltimore.
I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.
For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.
Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits.
We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.
No one was elected to Congress because he or she promised to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.
All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior citizens.
Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement.
The administration is manufacturing a crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.
We ought to deal with Social Security in a separate conversation that is not part of deficit reduction.
More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits.
I support voluntary personal retirement accounts for Social Security. It should be people's free choice.
The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.
Voters should be assured that I absolutely do not support raising the retirement age for Social Security.
But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.
If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point.
In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.
People talk about Social Security. There is no parallel between Rhode Island's pension and Social Security.
Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty.
Social Security is the only thing most Americans can count on to keep them out of poverty during retirement.
I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
President Bush is manufacturing a crisis by suggesting that Social Security is in imminent danger. It is not.
I'm a conservative, but with a focus on average people. For instance, I support Social Security and Medicare.
Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.
I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare.
Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.
Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.