Quotes
Thomas J. Donohue, President & CEO, U.S. Chanber of Commerce
“:We should never have the attitude that the government is responsible for providing us with a living. We should go out there and make it ourselves and tell government to get out of the way.”
Lawrence Kotlikoff, professor of economics at Boston University
“We have a generational crisis of enormous proportions…This country is 58% underfinanced, Social Security is 33% underfinanced. Social Security has a $24.9 trillion unfunded liability over an infinite horizon.” (See today’s Headline post)
Ed Cates – Chairman, The Senior Citizens League
“The 2015 COLA will most likely be stuck in the low range of 1.6 to 1.8 percent.” (See Latest News posting – Social Security increases to remain at record lows for 2015)
Representative Melissa Bean (D-IL)
“But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely Congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Let’s never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congreesmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
Scott McCallum, Former Governor of Wisconsin
“I’ve said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.”
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
“Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that real reform will require.”
Henry Ford
“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
“This is a moment in time for our country and, I believe, for our world, a moment in time when we decide who we are as a people and what kind of future we’re going to build.”
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)
“I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means savings Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.”