Nick Clooney Quotes

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.

I don't support getting rid of Social Security.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

I stand with the millions of seniors and working people who depend on Social Security and who expect the money they put in to be there for them when they retire.

The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years.

I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis.

There is a lot of room for improvement in Social Security. We owe our children the most financially sound system possible. They will have paid into it their entire working lives. They deserve to be protected by it. for our children and grandchildren.

You know, Floridians, we've paid into Social Security. Like a lot of other government programs, we sent money to D.C. We expect to get that money back. We expect that our Social Security is real. So, we have to fix Social Security.

I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.

Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money has been stolen from me. I know that my parents who are on Social Security - they've got to continue to receive it. They're dependent on it. It is their primary source of income.

Social Security works better than any other program in the world. Why dismantle it now?

Social Security is fundamentally strong.

We must work hard to ensure that Social Security remains solvent for future generations.

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).

The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.

We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.

While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.

Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve.

I never sought to privatize Social Security.

Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.