My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.

I think you've already seen the evidence of that on Social Security. You have a united wall of Democratic opposition and he hasn't been able to penetrate that.

A lot of us take Social Security because we see it as an entitlement. But if we don't need it, I can't think of a better, more appropriate use to use (it) than helping others.

We still face a longer-range deficit problem and that will be exacerbated by increases in Medicare and Social Security payments, ... It would be helpful to bring our budget deficit down longer-term. I worry more about that than this temporary increase in the deficit.

Social Security and Medicare are necessary safety nets, but they are nearing insolvency as fewer pay in, more take out, and more take out more.

The administration is manufacturing a crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.