Social Security is the only thing most Americans can count on to keep them out of poverty during retirement.
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Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans.
If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.
Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy.
Americans are not saving enough for retirement.
A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now.
Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and contributing to the greatness of our nation, every American should have a secure retirement.
Through good times and bad, American workers and their families have been able to rely on Social Security to provide guaranteed protection against the loss of earnings due to retirement, disability, or death.
Research by James Poterba at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that the wealth of the U.S.'s elderly is highly skewed. About half of retirees have little or no financial wealth when they retire and depend almost entirely on Social Security for their income.
We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program.
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