Political Quotes

“I would regret that, though I want to go on record to say that it is certainly not true that Social Security is going bankrupt. We really do have more than a quarter of a century before that. Nevertheless, it certainly would be better if we could get a bipartisan consensus this session. Let me say that I would rather see nothing, however, than see a new model based on some of the ideas that have come from the majority on Social Security. We do not need a new model for Social Security. We need a revitalized model. The reason we do not need a new model is because the present model is a feminized model. It is literally organized around the needs of women, around longer lives, around those with lesser earnings, and, if I may say so, around housewives. In particular, the notions for personal savings accounts do not take into account this feminized model. Most of the time when we talk about Social Security reform, we have reference to the elderly. I want to talk for my few minutes not about the elderly but about women whose Social Security is most endangered, because we are talking about Social Security in 2030, not Social Security in the year 2000.”