credit unions were never intended to be simply alternative, tax-exempt commercial banks.
We must act and act now to save Social Security.
I think you have to look at it like that.
We must maintain our hard-won fiscal discipline in anything that we do.
We should set aside every penny of any surplus until we save Social Security first.
We shouldn't abandon a basic program that has been one of America's greatest successes.
Social Security has been far more than an ID number on a tax form.
I want a guaranteed benefit.
Today, 44 million Americans depend on Social Security.
We have to act now rather than later.
Social Security is responsible for lifting about half the American senior population out of poverty.
Is there a safer way to do that?
Fiscal responsibility gave us our strong economy.
Anything we do to strengthen Social Security now must maintain our hard-won fiscal discipline.
We know the problem.
If there is going to be a risk taken, I'd rather take it than have the Government take it for me.
Let's deal with first things first.
Social Security must provide a benefit people can count on.
