Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are not playing a Social Security card. We don't believe you should play with Social Security, and that is why many of us opposed the chained CPI. Everybody knows what chained CPI is. That is Washington talk that would dramatically and irrevocably lower the cost of living that Social Security beneficiaries already get. If speaking up to protect and make sure senior citizens are getting their cost of living is playing the Social Security card, deal me in. Talking about Social Security solvency and trying to find common ground and identifying what are the basic proposals that we could at least discuss is not playing a card. I don't believe in playing the card, and I don't believe in playing the game. Let's not go around implying that Democrats are somehow or another making Social Security a political football. It is a political football, but what I worry about is, in the game of political football on Social Security, who gets kicked around but the seniors. That is who gets kicked around in the game of political football on Social Security. Yes, the stability of the trust fund is a very real issue, and I note that the ranking member on the Finance Committee is here, and I ask if the Senator wishes to speak.”