Quotes About Retirement

The debate over Social Security should not be about how much we can cut from the program in order to balance the federal budget. The debate over Social Security should not be about raising the retirement age or limiting benefits. The debate over Social Security should be about retirement security.

The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016.

In 1935, the year Social Security was created, the poverty rate for seniors was over 70%.

I've never said anything about privatizing Social Security.

People talk about Social Security. There is no parallel between Rhode Island's pension and Social Security.

If a country like Chile can fix its social security system, there is no reason a country as great as the United States... can't fix our Social Security system.

Raising the age of Social Security retirement is not the answer. For so many jobs that are back-breaking jobs, physically burdensome jobs, we're raising the age already to 67. These people are going to struggle to get to that point.

We got to fight to protect Social Security.

I am not employed and my only income is Social Security.

Social Security is the most important social program in America.

We ought to deal with Social Security in a separate conversation that is not part of deficit reduction.

Social Security is a tax and an insurance program. It's not a 401(k) program.

While more people are working later in life because of happy things like longer life expectancy, they are also doing so because of very sad things, like a lack of Social Security benefits or retirement plans.

Social Security is the greatest swindle of the poor ever.

I think we can reform Social Security without raising taxes, which is better for economic growth.

My dad and some of them felt I should be playing on home soil and retire in front of the home crowd.

Mike Hall was my old friend and, more important, the finest soldier I'd ever known. After over 30 years of service and then 18 months at a good civilian job, a phone call had brought the retired command sergeant major back on active duty to become the senior enlisted adviser of all international forces in Afghanistan.

At the heart of Erisa is the requirement that plan fiduciaries act with an 'eye single' to funding the retirements of plan participants and beneficiaries. This means investment decisions must be based solely on whether they enhance retirement savings, regardless of the fiduciary's personal preferences.

Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.

I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We've got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren't left out in the cold.

Though Congress continues to explore possible solutions to ensure social security solvency, everyone must take personal responsibility to prepare their own retirement savings accordingly.

For many people, being asked to solve their own retirement savings problems is like being asked to build their own cars.

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

When I'm retired someday, when I'm done playing football, that's when I'll be relaxing and look back at some things.