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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."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2011

Alliance for Retired Americans
stated on July 12, 2011 an email blast

"Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2011

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on February 22, 2011 a news release

In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog."

By Sabrina Eaton • March 7, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference

If there’s a government shutdown, "people don’t get their Social Security checks."

By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2011

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 23, 2010 a campaign commerical

Blames Mike McIntyre and Nancy Pelosi for the second straight year of no cost-of-living increases for Social Security beneficiaries.

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2010

Marco Rubio
stated on October 24, 2010 a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Charlie Crist "attacks me for positions he held, like, six months ago, (when) he was running in the Republican primary."

By Aaron Sharockman • October 24, 2010

Barbara Boxer
stated on October 15, 2010 a campaign ad

"Fiorina's plan would mean slashing Social Security and Medicare."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 22, 2010

Patriot Majority PAC
stated on August 17, 2010 a campaign commercial

The Chilean "privatization scheme" that Sharron Angle supports "has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage."

By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2010

Ron Johnson
stated on September 15, 2010 campaign TV and radio ads

Washington politicians "run Social Security like a Ponzi scheme."

By Cary Spivak • September 23, 2010

Sharron Angle
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign commercial

Harry Reid has voted "to give illegals Social Security benefits even for the time they were here illegally."

By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2010

Blanche Lincoln
stated on August 19, 2010 a TV ad

John Boozman supports "privatizing Social Security"

By Lukas Pleva • September 2, 2010

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 24, 2010 an interview on CNN

Dan Webster supports "privatization of Social Security, deep cuts in Social Security."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 2, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2010 his weekly address

"Some Republican leaders in Congress" are "pushing to make privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in Congress this fall."

August 18, 2010

Paul Ryan
stated on March 31, 2010 a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs

In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent."

By Catharine Richert • April 21, 2010

Chain email
stated on January 21, 2010 a chain e-mail

Members of Congress passed a pay raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise Social Security benefits for 2010 and 2011.

By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2010

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 26, 2008 Denver

"John McCain wants to privatize Social Security."

By Adriel Bettelheim • August 26, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on May 18, 2008 a speech in Gresham, Ore.

"Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ... suggesting ... to cut cost-of-living adjustments or to raise the retirement age."

By Adriel Bettelheim • May 22, 2008

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