Political Quotes

“I believe that the people who would be the most affected by the raise from 65 to 67 are us because it is phased in over a long period of time. Now I am just going to suggest that if we think that in order to help the children we have to bankrupt mom, that is clearly, that view is clearly held by somebody who does not know much about the current system. At the same time, in order to help mom it does not mean we have to bankrupt her adult son. Now if we want to hear emotional appeals about the struggle that people have as they become senior citizens, we have to be sensitive to it. I think we got a good bill to do that. But to only take into consideration us, the baby boomers who would be primarily affected by this, and for me to say that I got to eat and that my children should just go to work and work 80 hours a week to pay taxes to support me is unconscionable. The simple fact of the matter is this country must avoid a generational war, and it is up to us to have the decency, it is up to us to have the restraint, it is up to us to be the leaders that will prevent a generational war in this country by putting the good of the country first and not pitting one age group against another.”