“If you are wealthy enough, use part or all of your Social Security proceeds to invest in a favorite cause or two. Invest 10 percent or 100 percent of your monthly Social Security check in your favorite charity, foundation, think tank, church or synagogue, or other good cause.” IfsThinkingTwoEnoughUseSocialCausesChurchSecurityPercentFoundationCharityChecksWealthySocial SecurityTanksYour FavoriteGood CausesSynagogue Author:Mark Skousen
“We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.” PeopleImportantCountryDecisionSecurityBalanceAreasCriticalChecksOur CountryNational SecurityCritical Decisions Author:Chris Van Hollen
“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
“You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.” NeedsGivingGovernmentPoliticalIndividualSocialPartySecurityExampleStudentsOrganizationMedicalChecksEnterpriseFundGrandchildrenPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityScholarshipYour FavoriteFree EnterpriseDonate Author:Mark Skousen
“There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government. And it is the only institution that can mortgage your future without your knowledge or consent: government securities (and paper money) are promissory notes on future tax receipts, i.e., on your future production.” MeanGovernmentSecurityTaxesPaperInstitutionsTradeNotesProductionsChecksOur FutureConsentYour FutureMortgageRubberReceiptsPaper Money Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“I am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? ... Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else?” PeopleFeelsMadeNationsWatchesFocusSecurityStriveNotionChecksWorriedInsecureClearance Book:Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World Source: Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World
“We're being overrun by people who live in poor and corrupt countries who come to the USA to get work. But we got to regain our sovereignty, we're going to control our border, and there will be border security tied to the pathway to citizenship. There will be an earned pathway to citizenship. It will be available to everybody who works hard, pays a fine, passes a background check.” PeopleCountryHardPoorPaySecurityHard WorkFineAvailableBackgroundsChecksBordersUsaTiedCitizenshipSovereigntyPathwaysBackground ChecksBorder Security Author:Lindsey Graham
“When the day comes, I remember how much I loathe flying. I seethe at the humiliation of airport security checks.” SecurityChecksHumiliationAirportsAirport Security Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“In the party of Lincoln and Reagan and much of the donor class, the defense of human life is what they think loses elections. They think we need to spend time on really popular ideas, like cutting your mom's Social Security check.” ThinkingNeedsHumansIdeasLife IsSocialLosesPartyClassCuttingSecurityMomElectionDefenseChecksHuman LifeEnd TimesSocial SecuritySpend TimeYour MomDonorsReally Popular Author:Gary Bauer
“Last month, 80,000 Americans signed on to new jobs, but 85,000 Americas signed on for Social Security disability checks. Most of these people are not 'disabled' as that term is generally understood. Rather, it's the U.S. economy that's disabled, and thus Obama incentivizes dependency.” PeopleJobsLastsSocialTermEconomySecurityMonthsUnderstoodChecksDisabilitySocial SecurityDisabledDependencyNew Job Author:Mark Steyn
“Too many Americans now believe that the checks they receive every month from the unemployment office - like the checks they get from the welfare office, from Medicare, from Social Security - are inalienable rights. They are not.” BelieveSocialRightsSecurityMonthsOfficeChecksWelfareUnemploymentSocial SecurityMedicareInalienable Rights Author:Ben Shapiro
“The government's assertion that it must be unhindered in protecting our security can camouflage the desire to increase Executive power, while the press's cry of the public's right to know can mask a quest for competitive advantage or a hidden animus. Neither the need to protect our security nor the public's right to know is a blank check.” KnowsNeedsGovernmentDesireSecurityCryProtectAdvantageIncreasePressesChecksMaskExecutivesQuestsBlankAssertionCompetitive AdvantageCamouflageExecutive PowerAnimusBlank Check Author:Richard Stengel
“I go to social media, check out my granddaughter's new boyfriend, but the Department of Homeland Security can't figure out they need to be tracking they jihadi web sites?” NeedsSocialSecurityMediaFiguresSocial MediaChecksDepartmentSiteHomelandTrackingHomeland SecurityGranddaughterDepartment Of Homeland SecurityNew Boyfriend Author:Carly Fiorina
“The reality is that the Republicans twice had Mitt Romney as a potential nominee. They chose him in 2008 - 2012. In 2008 and 2012, he had been the most get tough on illegal immigrants, on undocumented immigrants, illegals, as he called them, accused John McCain of wanting to give them Social Security checks, accused Mike Huckabee selling out to them with the DREAM Act in Arkansas, was really the most strident.” GivingDreamRealitySocialSecurityRepublicanToughChecksSellingImmigrantsIllegalSocial SecurityAccusedMikeRomneyMccainIllegal ImmigrantsArkansasSelling OutUndocumented ImmigrantsDream Act Author:Mark Shields
“Social Security is fine for those at or near retirement today. For those receiving their checks today, don't worry. It's going to be there for you. For those that are nearing their retirement years, don't worry, it's going to be there for you. But for your kids - for your boy and my boy, and for their children, for our kids and grandkids, it's a real big question as to whether or not the system's going to be there.” YearsChildrenRealBigsKidsTodaySocialBoysWorrySecurityFineChecksRetirementReceivingSocial SecurityMy BoysBig QuestionsGrandkidsRetirement Years Author:Karl Rove
“Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure without probable cause. All of those countries, in the wake of these surveillance revelations, rushed through laws that were basically ghostwritten by the National Security Agency to enable mass surveillance without court oversight, without all of the standard checks and balances that one would expect.” CountryStatesLawLostCausesSecurityBalanceMassStandardsCourtProtectionChecksAgencyRevelationsAustraliaAlliesNational SecuritySurveillanceUnreasonableNew ZealandOversightSeizuresProbable CauseUnreasonable SearchesUnreasonable Search And Seizures Author:Edward Snowden