Whenever they were asked, voters said that the "compassionate" parts of Mr. Bush's campaign promises -- securing Social Security, providing more money for prescription drugs and education -- were more important to them than tax cuts.
Social Security provides the largest part of retiree income.
They don't need to save much for retirement because Social Security provides a large benefit relative to their income.
One of the biggest objections to "risky" reform schemes is that Social Security provides the bulk of retirement income for poorer Americans.
For the first and second quintiles – the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution – Social Security provides nearly 90 percent of total household income.
We know that many older Americans — about 17 percent — live in poverty and that Social Security provides the primary support for nearly half the elderly population.
Following World War II, the Netherlands developed an elaborate system of social security, providing all its citizens with universal health care and old age and unemployment benefits.
Social Security provides something probably more then she makes now—and likely not significantly less than a policy she could afford.
Social Security provides benefits to more than 57 million people, and an average of about 10,000 baby boomers become eligible each day.
