And with the erosion of unions and the minimum wage together, we lead the world in the creation of low-wage jobs.
Is it the right public policy that to ultimately end up in this place, that low-wage, lifetime workers--
Would you support--and I do not know if Senator Rubio has thought it through in this direction.
How do we modernize the benefit so that a $10-, $11-, $12-an-hour worker... meets their needs?
We have to have the courage to act.
That is why we should consider proposals to expand Social Security.
To me, it is a moral issue and an economic issue.
We need to think more holistically about how we actually change our culture of debt, consumption, savings, housing polic...
The cash benefit is still far too low for a long-time, low-income worker, and that is clearly a big part of the problem ...
That does nothing to redistribute money to lower levels; it just, quote-unquote, 'fixes Social Security' by taking a lit...
We need to make sure they have access to a retirement account in some way, shape, or form.
While a number of us here want to see a more redistributive, a more progressive Social Security system, it does lead us ...
I think surely the great majority of the public understands the concept of social insurance.
I am for that, but again, I want to make sure we protect those at the low-wage end who, again, have worked in blue-colla...
We should consider both angles.
The effort to rid Syria of chemical weapons is bogged down, and the White House has seemed to abdicate leadership on the...
We here in Congress also need to be judicious in determining who is receiving this aid in Syria.
The violence in Syria over the last few years has spiraled out of control, yielding a serious humanitarian crisis.
