Bill Clinton Quotes

... the Social Security trust fund is not spare money; it is spoken for.

We must level with the people and explain to them that Social Security will first face funding problems in 2042 that can be fixed now with changes that do not undermine and ultimately drain from the entire program.

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

We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.

By requiring that any surplus in Social Security taxes be returned to the American people in personal savings accounts, the plan ensures that Social Security taxes will be used for Social Security.

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

In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and will not run out of funds until 2042.

While the feds … leave Social Security off their books, the government's obligation to make benefit payments to current and near-term Social Security recipients is certainly no less real than its obligation to pay interest on its Treasury bonds.

All the Social Security Trust Fund Money Is Gone!

Unless we get entitlement costs under control, Social Security will inevitably square off against national security.

The Social Security Trust Fund should not be trusted and it is not funded.

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

Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations.

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

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

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.

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 reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037.

I am staunchly committed to ensuring the long-term solvency of Social Security and preserving full benefits for Americans who have spent their entire working lives contributing to this program.

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.

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's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.

Social Security is on the books. We’ll pay for it as long as we have money or can borrow it.

To deal with entitlements we must either raise taxes, cut benefits, or borrow inordinate amounts of money.