You know what's funny? POVERTY!!!

PRESIDENT BUSH: Huh? I feel great, don't you?

MS. MORNAN (sp): Yeah, I do.

PRESIDENT BUSH: I mean, when I turned 50, I used to think 50 was really old. Now I think it's young and getting ready to turn 60 here in a couple of years and I still feel young. I mean, we are living longer and people are working longer, and the truth of the matter is, elderly Baby Boomers have got a lot to offer to our society and we shouldn't think about giving up our responsibilities in society. (Cheers, applause.)

Isn't that right.

MS. MORNAN (sp): That's right.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah. But nevertheless, there's a certain comfort to know that the promises made will be kept by the government.

MS. MORNAN (sp): Yes.

PRESIDENT BUSH: And so thank you for asking that. You don't have to worry.

MS. MORNAN (sp): That's good because I work three jobs and I feel like I contribute.

PRESIDENT BUSH: You work three jobs?

MS. MORNAN (sp): Three jobs, yes.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that. (Applause.)

MS. MORNAN (sp): Thank you.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Get any sleep?

MS. MORNAN (sp): Not much.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah?

MS. MORNAN (sp): Not much.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Well hopefully this will help you get your sleep to know that when we talk about Social Security, nothing changes.

MS. MORNAN (sp): Okay.

PRESIDENT BUSH: (Laughs.) Yeah, that's great.

MS. MORNAN (sp): Thank you.

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via - Lexis/Nexis

"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods."

- H. L. Mencken