"How much worse does this problem have to get before both political parties step up to the plate and fix Social Security?"
"Saving for retirement is our job as individuals. Fixing retirement programs is your job as members of Congress, and I respectfully suggest that we all get down to business."
"A system that is in worse shape than Detroit's pension systems is not fundamentally sound."
"We have to start thinking about things from a generational perspective."
"I am not in favor of fixing Social Security by raising or eliminating the so called tax max on payroll taxes."
"Social Security is doing a lot of things not very well."
"You would be more open to revenues perhaps than you would be if you did not have the Medicare problem."
"I think the libertarian argument cuts both ways. I am all for cutting government. Is this the first thing we should cut? I don't really think so."
"Whether to alter the terms of Federal retirement benefits, salaries, or other terms of employment is up to Congress to decide."
"disability covers a range of infirmities that can go from a slight impairment of your ability to work to a total impairment."
"Congress has to be very aware that it is the ones that makes the decisions."
"Like all taxes on earnings, Social Security taxes reduce the award from work, which tends to decrease how much people work."