Quotes
Thomas Jefferson
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
Dan Weber, AMAC Founder and President
“Medicare home healthcare has a proven record of reducing the need for costly institutional care and relieving the burdens of vulnerable senior citizens.” (See today’s headline post for more information)
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security
“When criminals are able to take advantage of Social Security’s disability program due to its outdated policies and pay-first chase-later culture, taxpayers and those who count on the vital program end up paying the price. That’s wrong!” (See today’s headline)
Governor Rick Perry (R-TX)
“I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous and scrutiny, whether it’s Social Security, whether it’s Medicaid, whether it’s Medicare.”
John J. Ostellani, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturing of America
(About Changes to Medicare Part D) “Why is the administration trying to make such extensive changes to a program that is not broken?” (See Latest News Item)
Harry S. Truman
“Social Security…is not a dole or a device for giving everybody something for nothing. True Social Security must consist of rights which are earned rights–guaranteed by the law of the land.”
Milton Friedman, American Economist, Statistician and Writer
“Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.”
Ben Bernanke, Former Federal Reserve Chairman
“The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare.”
YOGI BERRA, One of the most quoted figures in sports
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there!”
Stephen Koff – The Plain Dealer
“It’s bad enough to be hospitalized. But thousand of seniors across the country are finding their medical problems compounded with financial frustration and large bills because of a Medicare technicality that can cost them dearly.” (See Headline article posted 2/13)