A Quote by Wayne Allard

From the employees' standpoint, in 1935, Social Security was a big gamble. Employees would be required to participate in the program, contributing a percentage of their income for their entire adult working life.

Wayne Allard

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Wayne Allard
American - Politician
Born: December 2, 1943

As a member of Congress, I participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program under the same rules as millions of other federal employees.

Dan Lipinski

I am staunchly committed to ensuring the long-term solvency of Social Security and preserving full benefits for Americans who have spent their entire working lives contributing to this program.

Sue Kelly

The various Social Security privatization schemes, full and partial, would cost both the 'social' - that is the public, cooperative, societal - element of the program and 'security' - the rock-solid income guarantee afforded by the system. It should be rejected.

Ralph Nader

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

Robert Reich

Congress must take some thoughtful and targeted steps towards long-term solvency in the Social Security program. One such step is to eliminate the cap on income that is taxed for Social Security.

Mike Quigley

We went on 'Fallon' and they had like one hundred-plus employees working on one show, and it's like, I can't afford more than two employees.

David Dobrik

Before the New York Times starts running "Portraits in Grief" of former Enron employees, it's worth remembering that even after the collapse, Enron stock is still worth more than the entire Social Security "trust fund."

Ann Coulter

Our company wouldn't exist and wouldn't be around without our warehouse employees and our call center employees. And these employees - not just at Rent the Runway but at tens of thousands of other companies throughout the country - are treated unequally.

Jennifer Hyman

Employees pay the highest percentage of taxes. Big business and investors pay the least.

Robert Kiyosaki

I didn’t try to intimidate anybody. I wanted to inform my employees of what their future would hold if they make the wrong decision. I wasn’t threatening any of the employees. If they vote for Obama they’re not going to lose their jobs.

David A. Siegel

Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that.

Herb Kelleher

Only 20 percent of employees working in large organizations surveyed feel their strengths are in play every day. Thus, eight our of ten employees surveyed feel somewhat miscast in their role.

Stephen Covey

I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by which the United States government has said that when you get old you should have a steady source of income.

Bernie Sanders

Social Security should have a self-sustaining portion that was funded by contributions from both employers and employees. That's what we know and have known for 70 successful years.

James Roosevelt

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.