I believe that Members of Congress should take a hard look and ask questions why from 2008 to 2013 companies like General Electric paid not ...
In my view, the debate we are having today is nothing more than a manufactured crisis which is part of the long-term Republican agenda of tr...
I am delighted that President Obama proposed this reallocation plan in his budget request.
Right now, in the midst of massive wealth and income inequality which we see in our country, a Wall Street CEO who makes $20 million a year ...
If, in fact, a 19-percent reduction took place, that benefit would be reduced, if my arithmetic is correct, to about $11,324.
I feel very strongly that there is a third path, that there is a path to better care and lower costs.
I happen to believe that at the end of the day, despite what the Republicans did in the House, we are going to reach an agreement.
In my view, the best way to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund over the long term is to eliminate the cap that currently ...
Does it concern you that when we talk about deficits and national debts, my Republican colleagues are not forthcoming in asking large corpor...
Is where we are today in terms of the Disability Insurance Fund, is that a surprise to anybody?
I will be introducing legislation that will strengthen Social Security. It will make it solvent until the year 2060 by lifting the cap on ta...
If we are serious about lowering the deficit and the debt, the best way to do that is not by developing an austerity program which increases...
that is exactly what the Republican budget will be doing, taking from the working people and the poor and giving to the wealthy and large co...
Today Social Security has a $2.8 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible American for the next 18 years.
If income inequality remained at the same level today as it was in 1983, Social Security would have $1.1 trillion more than it does today be...
So they would see a 20-percent or a 19-percent cut in their income.
the wealthiest family in this country--one family--owns more wealth than the bottom 42 percent of the American people
the top one percent earns more income than the bottom 50 percent
