“Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States.” LongHas BeensImportantStatesWantedCoursesSocialUnitedUnited StatesSecurityRepublicanProgramValuableSocial SecuritySocial Programs Author:Bernie Sanders
“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
“Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but yesterday's gasoline prices are all Clinton's fault. 2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own. 3. You have to be against all government programs, but expect Social Security checks on time.” YearsBelieveGovernmentNationsSocialAchieveSecurityBirthRepublicanProgramFaultsClintonCurrentsProsperityDuesYesterdayChecksPrivilegedSocial SecurityGasolineGovernment ProgramsGasoline Prices Author:Ann Richards
“FEMA has lost its focus, and Floridians know first-hand of the agency's shortcomings, .. Natural disaster preparedness and response programs have become trapped in a homeland security bureaucracy.” KnowsFirstsHandsLostNaturalFocusSecurityProgramResponseDisasterAgencyTrappedBureaucracyHomelandShortcomingsPreparednessNatural DisasterHomeland SecurityDisaster Preparedness Author:Alcee Hastings
“We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.” NeedsTryingProblemSocialPresidentSecuritySeriousProgramReformAddressesSocial SecurityDeficitEntitlementMedicareMedicaidEntitlement ProgramsMedicare And Medicaid Author:John W. Snow
“To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, less spending on everything else from education to defense, or some combination of the above.” NationsSocialSecurityHigherTaxesProgramSpendingDefenseCombinationBudgetsSocial SecurityDeficitEntitlementMedicareModificationEntitlement ProgramsBudget Deficit Author:Ben Bernanke
“I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy and zero inconvenience.... In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details then I think we've struck the right balance.” ThinkingLooksImportantBigsRunningSecurityBrotherBalanceProgramDetailsComplainingAbstractPrivacyZeroCentsNsaInconvenience Author:Barack Obama
“I look back to the Great Depression, and what Roosevelt was able to do in very difficult times, to get Social Security through back in the time when it was seen as - well, it wasn't what it is today. It was sort of a last-ditch, if you really need it, you got it, but, today, it's much more a part of your retirement program.” IfsNeedsWellsLooksTodayAbleLastsSocialDifficultSecurityProgramRetirementSocial SecurityDifficult TimesGreat Depression Author:Chris Matthews
“Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.” GovernmentSocialGenerationsSecurityPromiseProgramSpendingSocial SecurityGovernment Spending Author:Hank Johnson
“The most effective way to close down the human mind and to manipulate its sense of self is to program into it some form of dogma. A dogma will always vehemently defend itself from other information and repel any alternative opinion which contradicts its narrow, solidified view. Dogmas become a person's sense of security and means of retaining power, and humanity tends to cling to both until its knuckles turn white. Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through "divide and rule" becomes easy.” PeopleWayMindHumansMeanPersonsDifferentSelfFormHumanityTurnsEasyWhiteViewsOpinionSecurityInformationConflictProgramEndlessAlternativesManipulationHuman MindDividesDogmaManipulateDifferent PeoplesOpposingSense Of SelfKnucklesRetaining Author:David Icke
“More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social security program began, the payroll tax has increased more than 500 percent.” SocialSecurityTaxesBenefitsPercentProgramIncreaseWorkersTrendsFewerSocial SecurityExpectancyPayrollLife ExpectancyPayroll TaxLonger Life Author:Alex Tabarrok
“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and other countries in the region would feel compelled to pursue their own nuclear programs, threatening a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region in the world.” WorldFeelsLittlesWarCountryAbilityDealsRaceRiskMiddleSecurityPossibilityArmsMajorsProgramThreatInternationalEastNuclearPursueRegionsIranRegimesMiddle EastOther CountriesNational SecurityThreateningCompelledSanctionsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Barack Obama
“The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional nuclear arms race, and the greater risk of war - all that would endanger our [American] security.” WarRaceGreaterRiskSecurityArmsLimitsWeaponsProgramNuclearAlternativesIranNuclear WeaponsArms RaceInspectionNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Barack Obama
“Essentially, Iran was sanctioned because of what had happened at Fordow, its unwillingness to comply with previous U.N. security resolutions about their nuclear program, and as part of the package of sanctions that was slapped on them, the issue of arms and ballistic missiles were included.” IssuesHappenedSecurityArmsProgramNuclearIranResolutionPackagesSanctionsMissiles Author:Barack Obama
“Being dismantled before our eyes are not just individual programs that politicians cite as too expensive but the whole idea that society has a stake in the well-being of children down the block and the security of families on the other side of town. Whether or not kids eat well, are nurtured and have a roof over their heads is not just a consequence of how their parents behave. It is also a responsibility of society--but now apparently a diminishing one.” WellsChildrenIdeasWholeEyeKidsIndividualParentSidesResponsibilitySecurityPoliticianConsequenceProgramTownsBlockWell BeingBehaveExpensiveStakesRoofCiting Author:Richard Stolley
“It would be naïve to suggest the Iranian regime will not continue to use its nuclear program, and any economic relief, to further destabilize the region, in the weeks ahead, Republicans and Democrats in Congress will continue to press the Obama administration on the details of these parameters and the tough questions that remain unanswered. We will stand strong on behalf of the American people and everyone in the Middle East who values freedom, security, and peace.” PeopleUseWould BeValuesStrongPeaceFreedomWeekEconomicMiddleSecurityRepublicanToughProgramPressesDemocratCongressDetailsEastNuclearAdministrationReliefRegionsRegimesMiddle EastBehalfIranianParametersUnansweredStand StrongTough Questions Author:John Boehner
“If Congress wants to mess with the retirement program, why don't we let them start by changing their retirement program, and not have one, instead of talking about getting rid of Social Security and Medicare that was robbed $700 billion dollars to pay for Obamacare.” IfsWantSocialPayTalkingSecurityProgramDollarsCongressBillionsMessRetirementSocial SecurityObamacareMedicare Author:Mike Huckabee
“Some say Edward Snowden is a hero and a patriot. Others say he's a fool and a traitor. The evidence is mounting that the guy who leaked the details about the National Security Agency's Internet-eavesdropping program may be something more sinister - namely, a willing tool in China's ongoing cyberwar against our nation.” MayGuyNationsSecurityWillingFoolInternetHeroEvidenceProgramToolsDetailsChinaAgencyPatriotNational SecurityOngoingTraitorSinisterSnowdenEavesdropping Author:Arthur L. Herman
“I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by which the United States government has said that when you get old you should have a steady source of income.” PeopleWantShouldSaidStatesGovernmentFallSocialUnitedUnited StatesSecuritySourceProgramShould HaveIncomeNervousChairsSteadySocialistSocial SecurityState GovernmentOld YouUnited States GovernmentFalling Off Author:Bernie Sanders
“Social security is the most successful government program in our nation's history. We are not going to cut social security! We are going to expand social security!” GovernmentNationsSocialSuccessfulCuttingSecurityProgramSocial SecurityGovernment Programs Author:Bernie Sanders
“Social Security is a widely popular program because the individual has been deceived by the Statist to believe that the government has been prudently and diligently managing his accumulated pension investment in his Social Security account, which he presumes to be funded by his own payroll taxes.” BelieveHas BeensGovernmentIndividualSocialSecurityTaxesProgramAccountsInvestmentSocial SecurityDeceivedPensionPayrollPayroll Tax Book:Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto Source: Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
“No matter what federal program one selects - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the drug war, the income tax and the IRS, education, foreign interventions and wars - they are all a giant mess.” WarMatterSocialSecurityDrugTaxesProgramNo Matter WhatIncomeMessGiantsSocial SecurityInterventionIncome TaxMedicareWar On DrugsIrsMedicaid Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government.” GovernmentSocialBornLinesResponsibilitySecurityCitizensProgramUltimateThreatDefenseSocial Programs Book:America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It Source: America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
“Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, about 90% of your salary is tax free when it comes to the payroll tax that funds Soc Sec. That ain't right.” IfsKnowsMeanSocialMillionsSecurityTaxesProgramFolksFundSocial SecuritySalaryBucksPayrollPayroll TaxSocs Author:Jared Bernstein
“Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"” PeopleIfsAsksSocialSecurityProgramOppositionShut UpSocial SecurityMedicare Author:George McGovern
“The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I believe that in a democratic, civilized society none of our people should be hungry or living in desperation. We need to expand Social Security, not cut it. We need to increase funding for nutrition programs, not cut them.” PeopleNeedsShouldBelieveCountryStatesI BelieveSocialUnitedPovertyUnited StatesCuttingModernSecurityProgramIncreaseDemocraticHungryOur CountryCivilizedNutritionDesperationSocial SecurityFundingCivilized SocietyModern History Author:Bernie Sanders
“The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant about it. We're not going to waver in the defense of our security or that of our allies and partners.” StatesIndividualUnitedCompanyUnited StatesSecurityProgramDefensePartnersIranAlliesSanctionsMissilesImposingVigilant Author:Barack Obama
“There's dozens of unrelated policy provisions tucked inside of it. I'll give you a sense of a handful of them. One is a visa waiver program change. It's going to make it harder for people who've traveled to places with terrorist activity to get into the U.S. They're going to have to go through an added layer of security.” PeopleGivingSecurityPolicyActivityProgramHarderTerroristDozenLayersTraveledHandfulProvisionVisaWaiver Author:Susan Davis
“It ends a 40-year ban on exporting U.S. oil. It's changed - it's included in its cyber-security legislation - that says to private companies, hey, if you share with us your data on your cyber-attacks, your potential cyber-attacks, we'll give you liability protection. And they authorized a health care program for 9/11 responders for 75 years to cover the length of their lifespans.” IfsGivingYearsEndsCareCompanyShareSecurityChangedProgramProtectionOilHeyDataHealth CareLengthLegislationBansLiabilityCyberCyber SecurityExportingCyber Attacks Author:Susan Davis
“Secretary [Hillary ] Clinton is absolutely right, there are people, Koch brothers among others, who have a group called Concerned Veterans of America, funded by the Koch brothers. The Koch brothers, by the way, want to destroy Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, every governmental program passed since the 1930s. Yes, there are people out there who want to privatize it.” PeopleWayWantAmericaSocialGroupsSecurityBrotherConcernedProgramClintonSecretaryVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare1930sMedicaid Author:Bernie Sanders
“We need to preserve programs like Social Security and Medicare for our seniors of today and tomorrow. But we need to strengthen both Social Security and Medicare to make sure these programs are still available for future generations.” NeedsStillsTodaySocialGenerationsSecurityTomorrowProgramAvailablePreservesSeniorSocial SecurityFuture GenerationMedicareToday And Tomorrow Author:Joni Ernst
“What I think people should realize is that programs like Social Security, programs like Medicare, programs like the Veterans Administration, programs like your local park and your local library - those are, if you like, socialist programs; they're run by [and] for the public, not to make money. I think in many ways we should expand that concept so that the American people can enjoy the same benefits that people all over the world are currently enjoying.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayShouldRunningSocialEnjoyRealizingSecurityLike YouBenefitsConceptsProgramLibraryLocalsAdministrationMaking MoneyParksSocialistVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare Author:Bernie Sanders
“In fact, in Indiana we suspended the Syrian refugee program in the wake of the terrorist attack. We have no higher priority than the safety and security of the people of this country, and Donald Trump is right to articulate that view.” PeopleCountryFactsViewsSecurityTrumpHigherProgramSafetyPrioritiesTerroristRefugeeSuspendedIndianaTerrorist AttacksSafety And SecuritySyrian Refugees Author:Mike Pence
“So you've got these regular, middle-class voters who don't hate the government as much as the Kochs do. They're Republicans, but they still want government programs. They want Social Security, they want Medicare. They need it.” WantNeedsStillsGovernmentHateSocialClassMiddleSecurityRepublicanProgramMiddle ClassVotersWant MeSocial SecurityMedicareDon't HateGovernment Programs Author:Jane Mayer
“If the question is, how do we best produce business people who can succeed in the post-Great Recession era, then I think the MBA programs and their connection to large companies remains intact but it's not the path to a "Business Brilliant" life. It's a path to a middle-class existence marked by large stretches of security and comfort with occasional eruptions that you're probably ill-prepared to handle. Do I sound too cynical?” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundExistenceCompanyClassPathMiddleSecurityProduceComfortSucceedProgramConnectionsRemainsPreparedIllBrilliantHandleErasPostsMiddle ClassCynicalOccasionalRecessionsEruptionMbaLarge CompaniesGreat RecessionMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“Right now we have a $600-billion or so Defense Department budget, but when you add in, for example, a trillion-dollar nuclear weapons program over the next decade or two, it adds significantly to it. So it's somewhere around $600 billion. We call for approximately cutting that in half and instead putting those dollars into true security here at home.” TwoHomeNextHalfCuttingSecurityExampleRight NowWeaponsProgramDollarsAddDefenseDecadesNuclearBillionsBudgetsDepartmentNuclear Weapons Author:Jill Stein
“After a short period of time in Pakistan, it's clear that drones are not a security solution. If you believe in drones, the original idea was to go after so-called high-value targets, which according to the NYU-Stanford study 2% of the people killed by drones are high-value targets - now, who are all the rest of the people? Well, it's a secret program, so therefore the CIA doesn't have to tell us anything, yet they claim that with each attack they're getting militants. Now we have people coming forward, saying, actually, no we're not terrorists.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsIdeasValuesSecretStudyClearSecurityPeriodsSolutionsProgramClaimsOriginalsTerroristTargetPakistanIf You BelieveCiaDronesOriginal IdeasStanfordNyu Author:Robert Greenwald
“North Korea and China have proposed what sounds like a pretty sensible option that North Korea should end its development of nuclear weapons, the US should stop carrying out hostile military maneuvers on the North Korean border. The US immediately rejected it. Modernization program is a very clear example of how security doesn't matter. There is no gain in security but massive overkill of the adversary's deterrent capacity. The only consequence of it is to elicit the likelihood of a preemptive attack. And a preemptive attack leads to a nuclear winter world.” WorldSecurityMilitaryConsequenceProgramWinterSensibleNuclear WeaponsRejectedNorth KoreaKoreanNorth Korean Author:Noam Chomsky
“We know through the process of energy independence, our whole geopolitical footprint changes in terms of our national security and how we operate the American military. In addition to that we've got all these forward liabilities on these entitlement programs that, with the right tax and the energy policy, we can pay down and offset some of those liabilities.” EnergyTermSecurityMilitaryPolicyTaxesProgramIndependenceNational SecurityEntitlementFootprintLiability Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases. The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases. There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States. This joint security program has been in place for at least six years and is a huge asset.” SecurityProtectProgramImmigrationTravelerNational SecurityMexican Author:Alan Bersin
“It seems Kim Jong Un firmly believes that developing nuclear missile capabilities will provide security and guarantee his regime. We must make it clear that it is not nuclear and missile programs that will protect Kim Jong Un and his regime. The goal of the international sanctions and pressure is to make it unbearable for Kim Jong Un if he does not accept this fact. On the other hand, we are continuously trying to send a message that giving up its nuclear program and coming to the negotiating table is the right path for North Korea to protect itself and achieve its development.” GivingTryingBelieveGoalAcceptingPathAchieveSecurityProtectGiving UpProgramCapabilityNorth Korea Author:Moon Jae-in
“President Trump has no higher priority than the safety and security of the American people. And he made it clear in this election, particularly in the wake of the terrorist attack in Paris where individuals had used a refugee program to gain access to that country.” PeopleCountryIndividualPresidentSecurityProgramElectionSafetyPrioritiesTerroristRefugeeSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“The poverty we see in America is now too widespread, and too complex, for easy fixes. But I do think we can reimagine many of our institutions and can create new ones in ways that would be effective. We could, for example, create social insurance systems, similar to social security, such as that we went through in 2008-9. We could create a financial transaction tax, oil profit taxes and a fairer estate tax system, and we could plow much of the revenue raised from these into job training programs, into better education infrastructure, into an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.” ThinkingEasyPovertySecurityTaxesTrainingProgramFinancialIncome Tax Author:Sasha Abramsky
“Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.” ThinkingIndividualSocialSecurityProgramSelfishnessRetirementSeniorMisunderstandingSocial SecurityElderly Author:Richard Lamm
“I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare.” ThinkingNeedsSocialSecurityProgramSunshineRighteousSocial SecurityMedicareScrutinyMedicaid Author:Rick Perry
“But here's what I would tell people of my generation. I turn 40 this year. There isn't going to be a Social Security. There isn't going to be a Medicare when you retire. Forget about what your benefit is going to look like. There isn't going to be one if we don't make some reforms to save that program now.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksTurnsSocialForgetGenerationsSecurityBenefitsProgramReformRetiringSocial SecurityMy GenerationMedicare Author:Marco Rubio
“Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.” WayReasonGovernmentPoliticalLeftSocialPaySecurityTaxesBenefitsProgramCurrentsFundDedicatedSocial SecurityRevenueMedicareGovernment ProgramsPayrollTrust FundsPayroll Tax Author:James Surowiecki
“Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it's not clear to most voters what Democrats' core moral values are.” ValuesSocialMoralClearSecurityProgramDemocratCoreVotersSocial SecurityMedicareMoral Values Author:Jonathan Haidt
“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” MenShouldBelieveLawPoliticalCoursesPoliticsSocialCan DoPartyNumbersGroupsSecurityStupidPoliticianAreasProgramLaborOilTinyTexasFarmsUnemploymentPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityOccasionalMillionaireAbolishBelieve You CanBusiness ManSplintersPolitical HistorySocial ProgramsLabor Laws Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.” WantShouldStudySecurityProgramMalesAffairInternationalAtmosphereNational SecurityInternational Affairs Author:Madeleine Albright