Political Quotes

“I know both Senators know about the Fleming v. Nestor case in 1960--a U.S. Supreme Court case that said that Social Security benefits are not guaranteed. You do not have a private property right to Social Security benefits. It is a political promise. We saw evidence of that in 1977 and 1983 with those amendments to the Social Security Act which reduced benefits. So we are talking about this great guarantee, this incredible, infallible promise. Yet we have seen cuts in Social Security by previous Congresses. My question is, Can the Senator tell me that the 1977 and the 1983 amendments are not examples of what you would call a guaranteed benefit and how those reductions in benefits square with you telling the American public that there is a guaranteed benefit?”