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To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.
Grace Napolitano
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Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers.
Grace Napolitano
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Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.
Steve Israel
I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.
Mac Thornberry
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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
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Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits.
Ginny Brown-Waite
I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on a sustainable basis.
John W. Snow
The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.
Garet Garrett
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Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.
Kay Bailey Hutchison
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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 Burns
I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.
Paul Sarbanes
The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.
Grace Napolitano
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Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.
Jack Kingston
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Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans.


Sue Kelly
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Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.


Bernie Sanders
What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education.
Joschka Fischer
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Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.


Chuck Hagel
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The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only 3.3 working Americans paying payroll taxes to support each individual currently retired and collecting Social Security taxes.
John Shadegg
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I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.


Erma Bombeck
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One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer. But it isn't. Lower income workers are the ones who find it hardest to keep working after 65. And they'll get penalized with lower benefits.
Gail Collins
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