Grace Napolitano Quotes

Social Security is fundamentally strong.

I don't support getting rid of Social Security.

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

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

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.

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.

Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

We got to fight to protect Social Security.

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.

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).

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.

I never sought to privatize Social Security.

Social Security is meant to be - to make sure that no one who's worked hard and played by the rules and paid into the system grows old in poverty in America.

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 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.

Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.

Social Security is the widest accepted contract in our society.

Social Security is a Ponzi scheme and the biggest threat to our democracy.

I am dedicated to making sure Social Security will be there for future generations and have written legislation to strengthen the program.