“take the surplus and put it into Social Security and pay down the debt. We ought to pay down the debt, and we also ought to make Social Security solvent.”
John McCain
“They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it -- at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges.”
“The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The Social Security surplus is always being spent. Now it's going to defense and rebuilding rather than paying down debt. From a psychological standpoint, spending it may even be good for privatization. Opponents might use that surplus as a hedge, saying we've got money in a lock-box and don't need to privatize.”
Michael Tanner
“They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.”
George W. Bush
“I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.”
Erma Bombeck
“The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.”
Dave Barry
