Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I oppose the nomination of Representative Mick Mulvaney to serve as Director of the Office of Management & Budget, OMB. Representative Mulvaney's radical views regarding the fundamental role of government in our society make him philosophically ill-suited to run OMB. I will list a number of those views. Social Security--In May 2009, Representative Mulvaney was a member of the South Carolina State Senate and voted to declare that Social Security is unconstitutional. He also wants to raise the retirement age to 70. Raising the retirement age to 70 would cut earned benefits by nearly 20 percent for all beneficiaries. With all the challenges people have saving for retirement, the last thing we should do is raise the Social Security retirement age. Medicare--Representative Mulvaney is on record advocating enormous cuts to Medicare and is a proponent of Speaker Ryan's preferred ``premium support,'' i.e., voucher, concept for Medicare. ``Premium support'' is a euphemism for privatizing Medicare. Representative Mulvaney said on Fox News, in April, 2011. ``We have to end Medicare as we know it.'' And he indicated that he wants to raise the eligibility age to 67. Medicare guarantees comprehensive health insurance coverage for almost 50 million Americans. Only 2 percent of elderly Americans are uninsured; nearly 50 percent were before Medicare was signed into law. Debt ceiling--Representative Mulvaney appears willing to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the U.S.…”