Quotes
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. (Click here for full quote)
“As I’ve said in town hall meetings across the state, Social Security and Medicare — programs critically important to New Hampshire seniors, including my grandparents — will go bankrupt as early as 2026 and 2033, respectively,” she said. “Congress and…
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)
“We haven’t got a budget deal. We don’t have appropriations bills for the next fiscal year. We’ve got this crazy word called ‘sequestration,’ ” Warner said in an interview on MSNBC. “We ought to stay here and do our work.”…
Chris Kahn, Bankrate Analyst
“If you can get elected to Congress and stay there, you can retire pretty well.” Source: Posted “Latest News” article – Will your congressman retire richer than you?
MacMillin Slobodien – Our Generation
“It is unfortunate that the disability insurance program has morphed from a program for permanently disabled workers with a substantial work history who were over the age of 50 to a rapidly growing program covering an increasing number of marginally…
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
“You can’t accomplish big things in Washington without a level of trust between both parties. That’s in the process of trying to be rebuilt. It doesn’t exist right now. And I think this is the best formula to try to…
President William J. Clinton
“Social Security. . . reflects some of our deepest values–the duties we owe to our parents, the duties we owe to each other when we’re differently situated in life, the duties we owe to our children and our grandchildren. Indeed,…
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX)
“It’s just plain wrong that those receiving disability benefits who want to work are sentenced to a lifetime of near poverty with no way out. Social Security’s return-to-work efforts are simply failing do their job of helping our fellow citizens find…
Rebecca Bornè, senior policy counsel for the CRL
“Over the last 20 years, the percentage of households with credit card debt has decreased for every age category except those aged 55 and over, with those aged 75 and older experiencing the largest increase.” See “Latest News” post.
GOP Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri
“Where we ought to be now is, we need more spending cuts. I think holding the debt limit a hostage to any specific thing is probably not the best negotiating place.” (Senator Blunt told MSNBC on Wednesday)
Lyndon B. Johnson
“One of the most urgent orders of business at this time is the enactment of hospital insurance for the aged through Social Security to help older people meet the high costs of illness without jeopardizing their economic independence.” — Lyndon…