claim: "social security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."
author: alliance for retired americans
evidence_1: dec 10, 2012 ... "i think we do need to take social security off the table because social ... on a  claim that social security doesn't contribute a penny to the deficit.
evidence_2: aug 13, 2012 ... the piece acts as though social security's impact on the budget is somewhat ...  that the program doesn't add to the deficit, even though it really does. ... it holds,  although it means that social security is contributing to the deficit ...
evidence_3: apr 26, 2013 ... social security runs a surplus, and therefore doesn't contribute to ... "social  security has not contributed one penny to our current deficit or debt.
evidence_4: oct 12, 2015 ... “social security adds to the unified deficit, which is the deficit we almost ...  revenue to pay social security benefits, the program is contributing to the ... we  wrote about this claim in 2011, when other democrats made the not-one-penny  claim. ... this doesn't mean that social security benefits are in danger, ...
evidence_5: oct 19, 2018 ... social security can't, by law, add to the federal deficit. ... after that, if it doesn't get  more revenue social security will only pay 77% ... i disagree with the view that  the social security indirectly contributes to the on-budget deficit ...