Barbara Boxer Quotes

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

Voters should be assured that I absolutely do not support raising the retirement age for Social Security.

But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.

Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers.

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

I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'.

If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point.

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

Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit.

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.

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.

We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal.

I believe that as a nation we must have a bipartisan discussion about how to best preserve and protect Social Security for our seniors and for future generations of Americans.

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 was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers.

I never sought to privatize Social Security.

This is my first term. I was told it was going to be an exciting term, and a lot of things would be done, and I cannot think about something more exciting than save Social Security.

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

Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what's right and what's left but what's right and what's wrong.

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.

Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

There is no prospect that today's younger workers will receive all the Social Security and Medicare benefits currently promised them.