I don't believe there's a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare, Social Security and veterans' benefits rather than doing away with corporate tax loopholes.

Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty.

More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits.

Social Security, which transformed life for the elderly in this country, was 'socialist.' The concept of the 'minimum wage' was seen as a radical intrusion into the marketplace and was described as 'socialist.'

My neighbors aren't millionaires. They're retirees who depend on Social Security and Medicare.

There are very powerful and wealthy special interests who want to privatize or dismember virtually every function that government now performs, whether it is Social Security, Medicare, public education or the Postal Service.