If, as Dick Durbin said, Social Security doesn't add one penny to the deficit — his words were,
It’s very hard, very difficult, when you get into the entitlements, but you can’t have a serious conversation about the future of our economy and our deficit without putting everything on the table. Social Security is a little different. It does not add a penny to the deficit.
Why would Barack Obama say,
"I cannot guarantee that those [Social Security] checks go out on August 3 if we haven't resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it."
if the debt limit isn't raised by August 2nd?
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