Latest Fact-Checks In Social Security

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Annette Taddeo
Annette Taddeo
stated on November 24, 2015 a fundraising email
Jeb Bush’s plan for Social Security is "disastrous for seniors and raises the retirement age to 70."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • November 30, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate
"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."
Mostly False
August 12, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2015 comments on social media.
Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015
Jack Trammell
Jack Trammell
stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.
Dave Brat said "the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • November 2, 2014
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 19, 2014 a campaign ad
While "Arkansas seniors depend on Social Security and Medicare," Sen. Mark Pryor supports an overhaul so they "couldn’t get Social Security until they turn 68 or 69."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 6, 2014 a robocall to 13th Congressional District voters
Says David Jolly "supports privatizing Social Security."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 17, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2014
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
stated on November 8, 2013 a broadcast of the "Tonight Show"
"Social Security took seven years before anybody got the first check."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2013
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on July 16, 2013 a TV ad.
"In his book, (Ken) Cuccinelli questions whether Medicare and Social Security should exist." 
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 22, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 12, 2013 an interview on WPRI's Newsmakers program
Historically, the Social Security tax has been assessed on about 90% of U.S. income. Now it captures 83% because there's been such a growth of income among the highest earners.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 19, 2013
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 16, 2013 an interview
"Not one dime gets added to the deficit because of Social Security."
Mostly False
April 26, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on December 18, 2012 a twitter post
Social Security has nothing to do with the federal deficit.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2013
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on November 27, 2012 an interview on MSNBC’s Jansing and Co.
Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 10, 2012
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on September 6, 2012 an ad, “Janice,” released September 6, 2012
Says U.S. Rep. Charles Bass wants to privatize Social Security.
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • October 22, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 28, 2012 a campaign rally in Boca Raton, Fla.
"If Gov. Romney's plan goes into effect … the average senior would have to pay $460 a year more in tax for their Social Security."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on September 2, 2012 an interview with The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro
Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the turn of the century."
Mostly False
By Richard Locker • September 17, 2012
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 7, 2012 a rally outside the N.H. Statehouse.
Says Rep. Charles Bass "supports privatizing Social Security, risking trillions more on Wall Street."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 29, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
Rob Cornilles has disputed for two years a news story that said he said he would cut Social Security and Medicare programs before trimming the U.S. defense budget.
Mostly False
By Harry Esteve • January 14, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 1, 2011 a news conference
"The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • January 3, 2012
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
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