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Bill Nelson
stated on August 20, 2012 remarks at a campaign event

Says Connie Mack IV co-sponsored a bill to "take a third of the Social Security Trust Fund ... give it in individual accounts to the senior citizens, who then were to invest it in the stock market."

By Joshua Gillin • August 30, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign flier

"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."

By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on December 9, 2011 a telephone campaign

Says Rep. Jim Renacci was "trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut."

By Sabrina Eaton • January 5, 2012

Kathleen Connell
stated on October 26, 2011 a hearing

"Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’

By Lynn Arditi • November 13, 2011

Steve Lonegan
stated on October 1, 2011 an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show

"Today, the Social Security system is broke."

By Bill Wichert • October 9, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate

Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme."

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011

Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 an appearance on Channel 6

"There's no money in Social Security."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011

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."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2011

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."

By Sean Gorman • June 9, 2011

Scott Fitzgerald
stated on May 21, 2011 a speech at the state GOP convention

One of every two Wisconsin residents are "on some kind of government handout."

May 26, 2011

Americans United for Change
stated on March 31, 2011 a news release.

Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."

April 1, 2011

Rick Santorum
stated on March 29, 2011 a radio interview

"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2010 a press conference

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when Medicare began, "it was a small program."

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview.

"Social Security is indeed a Ponzi scheme."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2010

Charlie Crist
stated on October 6, 2010 an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.

"I've also offered a plan that can help (fix Social Security) that's supported by Robert Reich, secretary of labor previously, in a previous administration."

By Aaron Sharockman • October 18, 2010

John Loughlin
stated on February 24, 2010 a meet-the-candidates forum

"Social Security is a Ponzi scheme."

By Cynthia Needham • October 3, 2010

Ron Klein
stated on September 13, 2010 a campaign ad

Allen West called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" and said "this country's got to get on sound footing by destroying it."

By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2010

Ron Klein
stated on June 28, 2010 a fundraising e-mail

"West has raised $2 million from those that would leave our beaches in ruins, end Social Security and Medicare, and give corporations free reign."

By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2010

Michele Bachmann
stated on June 11, 2010

"Social Security, like I told you, is out of money. This year it is borrowing from the general treasury."

June 24, 2010

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