Political Quotes

“I have to feel that one of the reasons that some of these Washington think tank ideologues want to break apart the social security system is that they are so committed ideologically against anything that has government in it. They do not agree with the government highways, they certainly do not agree with government schools. They want to voucher some students out. They will not vouch for public education. They feel if they can tear apart the bonds that have tied Americans together around social security, then they can eliminate any government program. I think it is that ideological fervor, it is the kind of thing I was referring to at the beginning of this special order in the Newt Gingrich Progress and Freedom Foundation, that it was not just about financial returns, but it was about some very distorted idea of freedom; that if you could break apart the social security system, you could break apart anything else.”