Pres. Bush's State of the Union speeches: on Social Security


Last thing we need to do is mess around with Social Security

There's one thing I hope we will be able to agree on. It's about our commitments. To every American out there on Social Security, to every American supporting that system today, and to everyone counting on it when they retire, we made a promise to you, and we are going to keep it.

We rescued the system in 1983, and it's sound again. Our budget fully funds today's benefits, and it assures that future benefits will be funded as well. The last thing we need to do is mess around with Social Security.

Source: Pres. Bush's 1990 State of the Union message to Congress Jan 31, 1990

  • The above quotations are from Pres. Bush's State of the Union messages to Congress, 1990-1992.
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