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9. Which of the following statements about Social Security was made by Rick Perry?
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"It's a tremendous fraud ... No company could get away with this, they'd be thrown in jail if they ever tried to do what the federal government did with people's Social Security money." |
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We will have to rethink Social Security because of our new ability to live longer. Everyone knows Social Security is going bankrupt. By 2017 Social Security will start running cash deficits. The trust funds run out in 2042. |
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“There is no authority [for Social Security]. Article 1, Section 8 doesn’t say I can set up an insurance program for people. What part of the Constitution — liberals are the ones that use this general welfare clause.” |
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Ponzi schemes -- like the one that sent Bernard Madoff to prison -- are illegal in this country for a reason. They are fraudulent systems designed to take in a lot of money in a lot of money at the front and pay out none in the end. |
