Quotes
Claire Turner, Director of Senior Employment for the Senior Source in Dallas, Texas.
“About six months or a year after retirement, a lot of people come back and say they’re concerned about making ends meet.” (See posting “Retirement doesn’t always work” under Latest News)
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
“For years, Medicare payments to doctors have been at risk of being slashed, limiting seniors’ access to high quality care. Enough with the quick fixes.” See full article under today’s Latest News.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” Happy Thanksgiving and Best Wishes from the staff at SocialSecurityReport.org!
Ayn Rand – American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter
“Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.”
Sam Burnett, Midwest Region Board Member – National Alliance for Retired Americans
“For the first time, someone in the Senate who just said his primary concern is that seniors will be taken care of.” Mr. Burnett Commenting in praise of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s co-sponsorship of the Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013.…
Paul Krugman – Syndicated columnist
“Realistically, Social Security expansion won’t happen anytime soon. But it’s an idea that deserves to be on the table — and it’s a very good sign that it finally is.”
Kirsten Haglund, Former Miss America
“My generation…our generation–millennials–we just want to see someone get something done and be honest.” Miss Haglund was a participant in a recent Fox News Studio Audience broadcast on the fears of America’s millennial generation. (See today’s Headline post)
U.S. Rep. Ron Barber – D-AZ.
“Medicare and Social Security are central to the health and retirement security of our nation’s seniors. Millions of Americans who have paid into these systems are counting on these investments to be there for them.” Commenting in a letter sent to…
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
Social Security… ““is the most efficient and most effective federal program in our nation’s history and we should keep it that way.” Sen. Harkin in calling for reforms to Social Security to extend the life of the program and increase benefits…
Dan Weber, AMAC President
Commenting on AMAC Advisory Board appointment of J. Dennis Hastert: “Perhaps his most important contribution will be his common sense approach to problem solving in an increasingly polarized world.”