Political Quotes

“We do, and it is on our watch. I can't emphasize this enough. For every Member of Congress and every person out there in America who is listening to C-SPAN right now or to this program: It is on our watch. It is our responsibility. We cannot continue to kick the can down the road. Doing nothing means a 20 percent cut to people's benefits. Let me repeat that again. Doing nothing means a 20 percent cut to people's benefits. Now, there are some who are fine with that, but most, on both sides of the aisle, are not in favor of that. Here is what the polling data shows. It shows that Social Security is bipartisan. Seventy-seven percent of Americans--84 percent of Democrats, 69 percent of Republicans, 76 percent of Independents--said that they would be willing to pay a little more to make sure that their benefits are not cut and that they are protected and expanded. Also, 91 percent of workers and 94 percent of retirees would feel betrayed--that is 91 percent of workers, 94 percent of retirees would feel betrayed--if the money they paid into Social Security was not available to them. A Gallup poll found, this most recent one, that Social Security ranked fourth amongst the things that keep people up at night and worried with respect to their security, fourth in importance after education, healthcare, and their financial security--and they often lump financial security and Social Security together. {time} 1500 I would just like to close.…”