Grace Napolitano

Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#citizens #community #disabled #hispanic #hispanic community

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#after #benefits #budget #congressional #full

Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#benefit #check #currently #exclusively #half

Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#even #fund #meet #obligations #percent

I am not criticizing investing in the stock market; I am an investor. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#criticizing #i #i am #investing #investor

If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#benefit #cannot #check #congress #forgoing

Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#ethnic #ethnic groups #groups #injured #job

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#citizens #data #facts #figures #forthcoming

President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#consistently #convincing #given #his #past

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

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