The administration cannot very well let its social program down because of adverse Supreme Court decisions .
The Supreme Court had ruled several of the New Deal programs unconstitutional.
What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world.
There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.
Social Security is an extremely complicated program.
The best social program is a productive job for anyone who's willing to work.
Social Security is the most important social program in America.
I started up this program here in Bermuda, working with what society deems under-privileged kids, at-risk kids.
I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of poverty.
Free Footie was a great program for me. I really enjoyed it.
Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.
The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
For those of you who believe in the Social Security Trust Fund, you can’t trust it; there is no fund, and no one is secure …. A Ponzi scheme.
We have an unwavering commitment to our social responsibility program; it's good for business, and we know it's the right thing to do.
Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives.
What ObamaCare did was take some of the things we did for the poor and expanded the government to basically the whole marketplace.
Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well.
If someone really wanted to end Medicare, they wouldn't propose a reform: they would do nothing.
A centerpiece for any kind of progressive social and economic program needs to be full employment with decent wages and working conditions. The reasons are starting with money. Does someone in your family have a job and, if so, how much does it pay? For the overwhelming majority of the world's population, how one answers these two questions determines, more than anything else, what one's living standard will be. But beyond just money, your job is also crucial for establishing your ability to raise a family, and your chances to participate in the life of your community.
Indeed, I think most Americans now know that in 1935 when Social Security was created, there were some 42 Americans working for every American collecting retirement benefits.