Quotes
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
The last thing we should be doing is cutting benefits. We have a responsibility, as a nation, to ensure that our senior citizens have a dignified and secure retirement.
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
More than two million Ohioans will see their Society Security Benefits increase next year, but many seniors are still struggling to make ends meet. Congress needs to ensure seniors receive the benefits they earned and they can retire with dignity.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
One of the things I have consistently heard from folks back home is the very simple idea that the first part of saving Social Security is making sure that Social Security taxes stay with Social Security.
Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governor
(Concerning Obamacare & website problems) –This is symptomatic of a liberal ideology that believes government should be running our health care. We don’t need the government running health care.
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis), House Budget Committee Chairman
If we focus on some big, grand bargain then we’re going to require that the other side compromises some core principle and then we’ll get nothing done.
Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA)
(Concerning the Affordable Care Act): With so many unanswered questions and the problems arising around this rollout, it doesn’t make any sense to impose this one percent mandate tax on the American people.
Jacob Lew, Treasury Secretary
If we can agree on sensible medium and long-term policies to replace these short-term cuts, we can do something good for the economy and our national security.
Olivia Mitchell, Prof. of Economics, Wharton School of Business
Without automatic enrollment in retirement plans, many people would have been deeper in debt and probably facing larger retirement shortfalls than they would have without those automatic saving mechanisms in place.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
“We are going to affect entitlements so we can increase defense spending? Don’t check me for a vote there. I’m not interested in that.” http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-washington-summit-budget-idUSBRE99L1JK20131022
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI)
“The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage.”