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Straddled over this huge gap. when i talk about social insurance, i'll saying, why in the world cannot we means test social security? because there are millions of affluent retirees that have large asset bases or large bank accounts or pensions or annuity that's shouldn't be getting money that we can't afford out of a social security program and system that's broke any way. there is no money in that trust fund. it is just confessy. that is just one of the many myths and illusioneds that keeps congress fighting over large issues and allows us as i say, this machine, doomsday machine to roll on ...

To squeeze out of the medicare and medicaid as well as a social security program. andrea, we're not even done phasing in the last change to social security and fully implementing age 67 from the last -- the last reforms, and, look, every year that you delay the eligibility, and president obama has already said that medicare -- an increase in the medicare eligibility sage off the table. we have to deal with savings we know elizabeth directly impact benefits. if you saw the daily life of so many of my constituents who are living, you know, just on their social security and cover their health car...

Rein them in. the president doesn't seem willing to do that. is that your reading of the president's policy on social security? >> i don't read what he is willing or unwilling to do i'm talking about the mathematics of it. the numbers -- won't be a social security if the income of social security doesn't match the expenditure for the social security program. that's mathematics. >> seems like politics gets in the way. the president wants to essentially raise taxes on the rich. he wants to cut spending but not by very much. he is ignoring the debt. and he is not saying anything really about lon-...

Social security program. or medicare, same deal. who is 70 years old today who will say i don't want medicare? i only paid into it for the last 50 years. there's an argument these programs become popular. where are the republicans wrong in that they're saying now and cuccinelli's version of the truth? >> well, first of all, people, as you just said, pay into those programs. they pay in all their working lives. secondly, the idea of a social safety net in this country that helps the elderly, that helps people when they're over 65 deal with their health care expenses, that helps the unemployed w...

State as he runs for virginia, number one. number two, i don't think that's -- that sentiment or that idea is reflective of the party as a whole. but there is a legitimate point to be made about, i think, underneath that argument is how these programs function. i have been paying into the system since i was 14 years old and got my first job. i don't expect to reap the benefit of all the dollars that i have put into the system -- >> which programs are you talking about you won't benefit from? >> the social security program, for example. i have been paying since my first job at age 14 years old....