Quotes
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
Daniel Webster, U.S. Representative
“Washington has a spending problem and has proven that it cannot support a plan that balances the budget. It’s not right to take more from hard working taxpayers to spend more in Washington. The American people deserve a balanced budget.”
Mitch McConnell
“The money that goes into Social Security is not the government’s money. It’s your money. You paid for it.”
Ronald Reagan
“The changes in this legislation will allow Social Security to age gracefully as we do ourselves, without being a burden on generations still to come. Young people can feel confident Social Security will still be around when they need it.”
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
“Let’s delay this health care law (Obamacare) not just for some, but for all Americans. That would be fair, that would be government working the way it’s supposed to.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“A nation’s strength lies in the well being of its people. The Social Security program plays an important part…in times of stress, but it cannot remain static. Changes in our population, working habits and standard of living require constant revision.”
Ronald Reagan
“Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945)
“I’ve always said that no matter how much reasoning there was about old-age insurance and unemployment systems…the real roots of the Social Security Act were in the great depression of 1929..which bumped the American people into a Social Security System.”
Larry Hyland, Chairman – The Senior Citizens League (TSCL)
“This discrepancy between COLAs and real costs is squeezing senior households, under the current COLA law.” Read full report under Headline News.
Romina Boccia, Heritage Foundation economist
“We cannot wait. It is not an option to continue to procrastinate. It’s very important that Social Security be reformed now.” (Read full article under “Headline News” on this site)