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Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.

Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits.

I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.

While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.

The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security.

Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have earned must be reduced in order to address our national debt.

Social Security is not broke, and Social Security does not need to be privatized.

I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis.

I've never said anything about privatizing Social Security.

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.