claim: "social security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. not one cent."
author: jeff merkley
evidence_1: jul 12, 2011 ... “social security has never contributed a dime to the nation's $14.3 trillion debt… not one penny to our federal budget deficit this year or any year ...
evidence_2: merkley · jeff merkley · "social security has never contributed one cent to the  deficit. not one cent." — politifact oregon on monday, september 8th, 2014 ...
evidence_3: sep 21, 2014 ... “social security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. not one ... while  social security does not count toward the government's red-ink, ...
evidence_4: in 2015, reserves are large enough that cash flow will not be a problem for ....  oasdi taxes” refers to the federal income contributions act ( fica ) and ... an  estimated 77 percent of scheduled benefits would continue to be payable from  tax receipts alone. ... the point at which the surplus changes to a deficit in 2019– 2020 ...
evidence_5: oct 3, 2012 ... senate majority leader harry reid said, "social security has contributed not a  single penny to the deficit. so we can talk about entitlements as ...