“A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.” AblePayOfficeBenefitsPercentBudgetsReportsJune Author:Grace Napolitano
“Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal.” WindLosingLowsAccountsDollarsInvestmentAverageObligationEarningProposalLatina Author:Grace Napolitano
“Latinas' life expectancies are relatively long. When a current retiree hits 65 and begins receiving her benefit check, she can expect to live another 22 years. That life expectancy is higher than white women or men.” MenYearsLongWhiteHigherBenefitsCurrentsChecksReceivingExpectancyLatinaLife Expectancy Author:Grace Napolitano
“Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups.” JobsGroupsInjuredLatinoEthnic Groups Author:Grace Napolitano
“Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers.” NeedsImportantSocialCommunitySecurityCitizensWorkersSocial SecurityRetiredDisabledHispanicSecurity Systems Author:Grace Napolitano
“Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.” StatesFactsUsePoliticalSocialLeaderHonestSecurityFiguresJudgingCitizensDataBeing HonestSocial SecurityPolitical LeadersForthcoming Author:Grace Napolitano
“The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.” NeedsFallSocialPresidentDoubtSkySecurityClaimsBrokeNo DoubtSocial SecurityMislead Author:Grace Napolitano
“To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.” SocialCausesSecurityAccountsInvestmentWorkersUncertaintyInvestorsEarningSocial SecurityErodeSecurity Systems Author:Grace Napolitano
“I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.” MindSongAlbumsSoloOf My Mind Author:Graham Nash
“I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin.” PeopleShouldTryingImportantWarCoursesSidesTragedyVietnamBoth SidesCoinsHomelessnessVietnam WarFlipping A Coin Author:Graham Nash