Political Quotes

“the last item I want to address today is relative to a suggestion by the Vice President of the United States to create what is known as a Medicare lockbox. There have been many suggestions made during the course of this Presidential campaign about Social Security and Medicare. It is no surprise. There are hardly any programs in Washington, DC, that affect so many people and affect the quality of life of so many families across America. I am proud to be a member of the Democratic Party which, under Franklin Roosevelt, created Social Security. We took a group of Americans--our parents and grandparents, the seniors in America, who were literally one of the most impoverished classes in our society--and said: With Social Security, we will create for you a safety net. With this safety net, when you go into retirement in your senior years, you are going to have some peace of mind that you will not be destitute and poor and have to depend on your children for your livelihood. Social Security has worked. It has now become a very bipartisan program--and it should. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike understand that this safety net for seniors and for disabled people in our country really makes America a better place.”