If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again.
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Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good.
It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
I don't believe we ought to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation. If people are in a same-sex relationship, and they want their partner to be able to have health benefits or be designated as a beneficiary in your life insurance, there's no reason we shouldn't do that.
As Americans, we can choose where we work and live, what we drive, which insurance plan is best for us, so why can we not give workers a choice when it comes to their retirement?
But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.
Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.
We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
I support voluntary personal retirement accounts for Social Security. It should be people's free choice.
We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the programs in Medicaid, that we can actually get to a better result and do what most Americans are learning how to do, which is to do more with less.