05/19/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"As a former Governor of Kansas, I have a question for you."
"the actuarial clock is ticking on our country in terms of debt and deficit, and all of us in both parties are going to have to sit around a table and talk about some very difficult discussions."
"I personally think calling Social Security and Medicare an entitlement is a little bit wrong, because I have paid 1.35 percent of my income for Medicare since 1968 and 6.2 percent of my income for FIC..."
"if we continue to promise more than we can deliver and do not reform the system, one day the game is going to be up and the American people are going to be left holding the bag."