2016 FactCheck: on Social Security


David Jolly: FactCheck: Discuss private accounts & other options too

In Jolly's district, an outsized number of residents collect Social Security payments, so the Florida Democratic Party raised Jolly's record on the retirement benefits program, saying in 2014 that Jolly `supports privatizing Social Security.` They used a paraphrased statement that private accounts should be on the table in discussing future reforms.

Which option Jolly favored wasn't so clear, beyond setting some kind of benefit guarantee for people who have already qualified for Social Security or are currently receiving payments. He hasn't said whether private accounts were at the top of his list of potential fixes, only that they should be considered. Democrats were attempting to make it sound like he is 100% behind the idea; we rate that statement `Mostly False.`

Jolly said several times on the campaign trail that the Supreme Court found that `Social Security is not guaranteed.` A 1960 case did indeed say that; Congress can change the rules. We rate his statement `True.`

Source: PolitiFact fact-checking on 2016 Florida Senate race Jul 20, 2015

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Donald Trump(NY)
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Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
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Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

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Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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