Tom Daschle Social Quotations

The only thing taken off the table -- I think on a bipartisan basis -- is the utilization of the Social Security trust fund,

We have a real problem with regard to Social Security and Medicare,

We're still troubled by the CBO analysis that we're using Social Security trust funds, at least $19 billion,

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

Instead of finding a real solution to the growing unemployment crisis, this bill will give millions to those who don't need it and very little to those who do, ... It will add a trillion dollars to our national debt; spend the Social Security trust fund and ultimately lose more jobs.

Their plan leaves nothing for Medicare -- not one penny. It explodes in costs just as the Baby Boomers start to retire and Medicare and Social Security come under pressure. It fails to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pay down our debt, to prepare for this coming demographic tidal wave,