“Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.”
P. J. O'Rourke
“When you're dealing with people who think that Sponge Bob Square Pants is more important than social security, you have a problem.”
Christine Todd Whitman
“Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called "leaders" lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.”
Larry Elder
“They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.”
George W. Bush
“If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.”
Mark Dayton
“Social Security is nourished by formal employment, which needs a larger commitment from the federal government to grow,”
Roberto Vega
“We probably should have almost maniacally focused on cutting taxes, reforming government, working on saving Social Security, recognize that would cause a big fight, accept that was a better fight for us than drifting into October with, as people kept saying, no national themes, no national dialogue,”
Newt Gingrich
