Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.

Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

We still face a longer-range deficit problem and that will be exacerbated by increases in Medicare and Social Security payments, ... It would be helpful to bring our budget deficit down longer-term. I worry more about that than this temporary increase in the deficit.

Some of it will be covered by insurance and Social Security, but the rest of it we just don't know.

Republicans are hoping no one will notice their rapid retreat from the issue of Social Security.