Political Quotes

“people continually talk about using Social Security. ``Let's use Social Security until we balance the budget, and then after that we will not use it any more.'' That argument says it all, Mr. President, because, if you use Social Security, it makes it pretty easy to balance the budget. If we want to really balance the budget let's do it the right way, the hard way, the honest way. Let's not use the surpluses--this year alone over $8 billion. That is the easy way to balance the budget. But it is not the right way. Dorothy Ray from Reno, NV, wrote to me: I urge you to fight all attempts to cap, cut, tax, or otherwise cut Social Security benefits and to focus on the real causes of the Federal deficit. Social Security is an earned entitlement that does not contribute 1 cent to the Federal deficit. We workers and retirees and employers have paid and continue to pay special taxes. We fund Social Security. The Federal Government has no right to borrow our Social Security and deplete all the reserves which we contributed for this purpose. Please fight all attempts to cut or rob us of our earned benefits. Sincerely, Dorothy Ray.”