Quotes About Government

I went to work for the Civil Service. I'd wanted to work for the Ministry of Defence because I had some far-fetched idea that it had something to do with the Avengers, but I ended up in Social Security.

I oppose the president's plan to privatize Social Security.

Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

But it's a disgrace that food banks are needed in the first place, patching up the holes left by an inefficient and downright barbaric attack on the meagre safety net of what remains of a notion of 'social security'.

When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

You know, Floridians, we've paid into Social Security. Like a lot of other government programs, we sent money to D.C. We expect to get that money back. We expect that our Social Security is real. So, we have to fix Social Security.

Certainly Social Security needs to be reformed.

If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.

Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.

Social Security is an extremely complicated program.

Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.

Social Security faces financial problems down the road because of demographics.

Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits.

We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program.

I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare.

It is not secret here in Congress we have not had the discipline in many instances to keep our hands out of the cookie jar of Social Security. Now to stop this I propose that in the future that Congress cannot get its hands on the money in the first place.

I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.

The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.

Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.

Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.