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I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms. Calling it a Ponzi scheme is misleading and does more to cloud the issue than it does to illuminate it. And yes, I do know that unless changes are made, the current system is unsustainable. But that doesn't mean it's fraud.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.

Social Security is fundamentally strong.

It is not secret here in Congress we have not had the discipline in many instances to keep our hands out of the cookie jar of Social Security. Now to stop this I propose that in the future that Congress cannot get its hands on the money in the first place.

Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.

Social Security is a tax.

Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.