The Voices

"We stand united today to say that a privatization plan that cuts benefits, deepens our debt, and drains the Social Security trust fund is unworkable, unwise, and unacceptable to the American people."

"You know, if President Bush was here, I would advise him as a friend and as an American that there are just three things you don't do. One, you don't spit against the wind. Two, you don't look under the lone ranger's mask. And three, you don't mess with our Social Security."

"I find it absurd and misleading for the President to imply, as he did today, that the Treasury securities held by the Social Security trust fund are not meaningful and safe assets."

"The administration hopes that the excitement about private accounts, pro and con, will hide the unpopular fact that the real measures to shore up Social Security are the proposals to cut benefits"