If I am not mistaken--maybe the Senator from Michigan can refresh my memory--with Social Security we have something less than 10 percent of Americans now living out of poverty. That is what the whole design of the program was, to provide a fundamental foundation-- ``social insurance'' I think was the term the Senator used.
Discussing the impact of Social Security on poverty during a Senate debate.
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