“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
“Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.” YearsLittlesSocialSecurityCitizensTaxesIncreaseIncomeFairnessSenatorsEarningSeniorSocial SecurityIncome TaxSenior Citizen Author:William Weld
“Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.” WellsLongDoeImportantFactsFacesSocialTermChallengesSupportClearSecurityCitizensProgramWell BeingLong TermStabilitySeniorSocial SecurityCrystalsCornerstonesSenior Citizen Author:Bill Frist
“5: Social security will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country! 1944: The G.I. Bill will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country! 1965: Medicare will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country! 1994: Health care will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country!” CountryCareSocialBreakSecurityHugeCitizensTaxesBillsBurdenLibertarianOur CountryHealth CareSocial SecuritySmall BusinessMedicareTax Burden Author:Joseph Conrad
“Our anti-crisis policy is aimed at supporting domestic demand, providing social guarantees for the population, and creating new jobs. Like many countries, we have reduced production taxes, leaving money in the economy. We have optimised state spending.” CountryStatesJobsSocialResponsibilityHistoryPowerSupportEconomySecurityHonestyPolicyCreationCitizensDemandTaxesEconomicsCrisisInvestingProductionsDebtSocialismInternalsExpensesOther CountriesSocial SecurityTaxationReducingNew JobInvesting Money Author:Vladimir Putin
“When the average Social Security benefit is $1328 a month, and more than one-third of our senior citizens rely on Social Security for Virtually all of their income, our job is to expand benefits, not cut them.” JobsSocialCuttingSecurityMonthsCitizensBenefitsThirdsAverageIncomeRelySeniorSocial SecuritySenior Citizen Author:Bernie Sanders
“The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly on "ethnic" voters, whose activism was both hemmed in and rewarded by the Democrats. Southern and Eastern Europeans were included as secondary leaders of the new industrial unions, and as entitled citizens qualified for social security, unemployment compensation, and fair labor standards protections, even as workers of color were largely left out of key areas of the welfare state.” StatesCoursesLeftSocialDealsLeaderSecurityPolicyColorKeysCitizensStandardsAreasFairsLaborUnionsDemocratWorkersProtectionActivismImmigrationWelfareRacistVotersSouthernEntitledUnemploymentEasternSocial SecurityQualifiedCompensationRestrictionLeft OutWelfare StateNew DealDraconian Author:David Roediger
“I would like to invite the citizens of Great Britain and the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of the world to come here and walk freely through the streets of Venezuela, to talk to anyone they want, to watch television, to read the papers. We are building a true democracy, with human rights for everyone, social rights, education, health care, pensions, social security, and jobs.” WorldWantHumansCareJobsSocialWalksWatchesDemocracyRightsStreetsSecurityTelevisionBuildingCitizensPaperHuman RightsHealth CareBritainInvitesPapersSocial SecurityPensionGreat BritainVenezuelaTrue Democracy Author:Hugo Chavez
“I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire with dignity and respect. And everybody has to be open-minded in thinking how do we firm up a system that, in fact, is going to be in difficulty in the coming years.” ThinkingWantYearsFactsSocialSecurityCitizensDignityDifficultyFirmRetiringSeniorSocial SecurityOpen MindedSenior CitizenDignity And Respect Author:Barack Obama
“I have one of the strongest records in fighting for senior citizens. I led the effort to prevent cuts to Social Security. But I think for some seniors, they remember the "evil empire" of the Soviet Union. They conflated the term "democratic socialism" with communism.” ThinkingRememberFightingEvilSocialTermEffortRecordsCuttingSecurityCitizensUnionsDemocraticSocialismCommunismEmpiresStrongestSovietSeniorSoviet UnionSocial SecuritySenior CitizenDemocratic Socialism Author:Bernie Sanders