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Latest Fact-Checks In Social Security

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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 19, 2011 a television interview
"We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando
Says he never said he wanted to move Social Security "back to the states."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.
Says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done "in the private sector, it would be called criminal."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on September 19, 2011 on "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
"Today, when people retire in Galveston County, Texas, they retire making at least 50 percent more than they would ever get out of Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 12, 2011 the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa
"In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure."
True
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2011
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on August 25, 2011 MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011
"In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 1, 2011
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 a politics column.
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 23, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
"When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 24, 2011
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 an appearance on Channel 6
"There's no money in Social Security."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on July 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • August 2, 2011
Alliance for Retired Americans
Alliance for Retired Americans
stated on July 12, 2011 an email blast
"Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview with CBS News
Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM
Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will "retire with a whole lot more money" than under Social Security.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on June 12, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on June 3, 2011 a newsletter.
"The (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 9, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a message via the Internet
Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011
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