I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

I'll be collecting my Social Security, and Coach will still be out there coaching. I told him he had to be out before he hit 100.

explain to the American people why they want to use Social Security trust funds for the tax cut.

Under no circumstances will I vote to spend one penny of the Social Security trust fund on anything but Social Security,

The major impact of Sept. 11 on privatization is the disappearance of the Social Security surplus, ... Before the attacks, it was questionable whether we had enough money available to pay for the transition to privatization. This makes the issue even more difficult.

We can set aside a surplus to save Social Security or Medicare, or we can pass the burden of the baby boomers retirement off on to our children,