No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short.
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Related No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Se... JOE BIDEN It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to inv... MIKE PENCE The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam. TONY SNOW It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you s... CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA Spending when the math's not there and the numbers aren't there and if they look in the soci... BEN QUAYLE The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it's a major problem, that's ... NOAM CHOMSKY Under no circumstances will I vote to spend one penny of the Social Security trust fund on anything ... TOM DELAY I oppose the president's plan to privatize Social Security. BRIAN HIGGINS What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where... TED DEUTCH Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to impleme... PETE SESSIONS There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is th... ROB SIMMONS It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security. BILL DELAHUNT I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's se... MAC THORNBERRY Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you&... JOE BIDEN We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th c... MITCH MCCONNELL I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten ... RON CHERNOW I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-gene... CHRISTINE PELOSI The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, da... MAX BAUCUS President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provi... JOHN DOOLITTLE While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term... CARL LEVIN I support voluntary personal retirement accounts for Social Security. It should be people's free... SHARRON ANGLE Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty. BERNIE SANDERS Social Security ? that?s all I have. HARRY WATSON I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the... JACOB LEW Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON If a country like Chile can fix its social security system, there is no reason a country as great as... BILL FLORES We want to make sure that Social Security is fixed for those people who have had that promise and th... DENNIS HASTERT My mom's made it clear to me that, like, there's no trust fund. ANDERSON COOPER Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food securit... JACQUELINE NOVOGRATZ We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance... GRACE NAPOLITANO I'm not perfect. And who knows how many times I've fallen short. We all fall short. That'... TIM TEBOW All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior ci... STEVE KING We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes ... JOHN THUNE I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON Some say Edward Snowden is a hero and a patriot. Others say he's a fool and a traitor. The evide... ARTHUR L. HERMAN I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When... SIA It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Most Americans recognize that whatever the government program is, no matter how essential it is, it&... GEORGE ALLEN Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's ta... WARREN RUDMAN The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. GLORIA STEINEM The huge advantage of boarding school is that it throws you into the social fire. Every social inter... NICHOLAS STOLLER If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will b... CHRIS CHOCOLA A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its c... DAVID AUGSBURGER It's so funny how social media was just this fun thing, and now it's this monster that consu... CAZZIE DAVID My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it... GARY JOHNSON The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future worker... MARK DAYTON No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may i... JONATHAN KOZOL What is social proof? Put simply, it's the positive influence created when someone finds out tha... AILEEN LEE It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not a... GARY JOHNSON The Social Security "trust fund" doesn't consist of any real assets. The government "borrows" fund m... LARRY ELDER I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't g... MAHALIA JACKSON Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It's the core of what I... TOMMY MOTTOLA In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Natio... HERMAN CAIN I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No... CARLA HALL You know, Floridians, we've paid into Social Security. Like a lot of other government programs, ... RICK SCOTT I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Sec... JIM DEMINT We have an unwavering commitment to our social responsibility program; it's good for business, a... ROBERT J. FISHER The refugee crisis is a challenge for the whole of Europe, and Europe - it's a very fair point t... EMMANUEL MACRON Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes ... JAMES SUROWIECKI No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And... WILLIAM BERNBACH It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that... FRED UPTON I would dearly love to resist the temptation, if you can call it that, to worry. It's boring, it... PETER MAYLE Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract ... JEFF BINGAMAN Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-exi... RUSH LIMBAUGH Social Security is based on a principle. It's based on the principle that you care about other p... NOAM CHOMSKY Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we pu... RICHARD LAMM The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's ... JOHN WARNER Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON Majority Leader Daschle misspoke this morning when he said the Bush administration would dip into So... LARRY LINDSEY The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, ... JOE HECK Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social S... BERNIE SANDERS No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'... IAN RANKIN It's not rocket science. It's social science. CLEMENT MOK I'm focusing on me. I'm focusing on my family's security, my family's financial secu... CONOR MCGREGOR With 3 percent of the world's resources and 25 percent of the world's demand, it is pretty o... LOIS CAPPS When we can't determine what is art - when you get to that point where we're not sure, that&... RICHARD PHILLIPS Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's ... JOAN CUSACK Gore is keeping the existing system in place because it works -- using the budget surplus to add to ... DEAN BAKER But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either i... PATRICK MARBER Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money ... JOE MILLER Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the... SHELLEY BERKLEY I am staunchly committed to ensuring the long-term solvency of Social Security and preserving full b... SUE KELLY I don't believe there's a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare,... BERNIE SANDERS I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with some... JULIANNE MOORE There's no social realism in 'Tyrannosaur.' It's not about the social landscape or t... PADDY CONSIDINE The debate over Social Security should not be about how much we can cut from the program in order to... SHERROD BROWN It's difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracte... CURTIS JACKSON The thrill of science is the process. It's a social process. It's a process of collective di... GREG GRAFFIN All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to... ANDREW MITCHELL Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security. JOE BIDEN Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge... JIM SENSENBRENNER Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations. DIANE WATSON A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say yo... DAVID CHIPPERFIELD There's a great deal of scientific evidence that social connectedness is a very strong protector... ANDREW WEIL
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