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I do want to thank you all for coming. I hope you have found this to be an interesting dialog. Most particularly, I hope you have-if you're a younger American, I hope you pay attention to this issue like these good folks have done. There's a lot at stake for you. It may not seem like it now-"22 years old, got a lot of life ahead of me." I'm telling you, if the Government doesn't act, you're going to be saddled with a big burden.
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Remarks in a Discussion On Strengthening Social Security in Falls Church, Virginia
April 29, 2005
The President. Thank you all very much. Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for coming today. I want to thank the Northern Virginia Technology Council for hosting this event. Sudhaker Shenoy is the chairman. Thank you, Sudhaker, I appreciate it very much. Bobby Kilberg is the president. Obviously, you've stacked the audience with-[laughter]-I appreciate you coming.We're here to talk about an important subject, and that's going to be the future of-what the future holds for younger Americans, you know, is whether or not we've got the will and courage to make sure the Social Security system works for a younger generation.Before we get there, I do want to say a couple of things. One, I'm sorry Laura is not with me. She is-she's doing a fabulous job as the First Lady. I'm proud of her. I love her dearly.I appreciate Bill Howell, who is the speaker of the house from the great Commonwealth of Vriginia. Mr. Speaker, thank you for coming. I appreciate you being here. Where's the Speaker? There he is. Thanks for coming, Speaker. Appreciate you serving.I want to thank Tony Griffin, the Fairfax County executive. I'm honored you're here, Tony. Thank you for coming. I want to thank the local and State officials who are here. I appreciate you're willing to serve your community and your State. I want to thank the Department of Community and Recreation Services, Pat Franckewitz and Joyce White, for opening up this beautiful facility. And I want to thank our panelists for joining us here to have a discussion about Social Security.Look, I-a lot of people have said, "Why did you bring this up, you know? Why do you want to talk about the issue of Social Security when you don't have to? After all, the problem is down the road." I think the job of a President is to recognize reality and, if a President sees a problem, have the willingness to step up in front of the American people and say, "We have a problem," explain the problem, and then go to the United States Congress and say, "Let's work together to fix the problem." The job of the President is to conf...See the full content of this document
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