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Inher tanses and alternative minimum tax which has always been a problem with the federal budget. own entitlement reform he is going to what he referred to as the third rail and what he referred to of to as ponzi scheme. end taxes on social security benefits that would create cash in pockets of seniors. he would create private accounts so younger workers opt out of the social security program and have the ability to manage their own retirement funds. perry says he can balance the budget 2020. basically at end of a 10-year budget period he would assert this is lead to balance budget. he wants t...

Event. >> thank you, governor scott. and welcome back to orlando, florida and the republican presidential debate. my colleague ma megyn kelly wil take us through the next round of questions on government spending and debt. >> governor, perry, governor romney has been hammering you on your idea of turning social security back to the states repeatedly. can you explain specifically how 50 separate social security systems are supposed to work? >> well, let me just say first for those people on social security today, for those people that are approaching social security, they don't have anything in...

They being able to go off of the current system on to one that the states would operate themselves. as a matter of fact, in massachusetts, his home state, almost 96% of the people who are on that program retirees and state people are off of the social security program. so having that option out there to have the states, louisiana does it, almost every state has their state employees and the retirees that are options to go off of social security. that makes sense. it is an option that we should have. >> governor romney, satisfied with that? >> well, it is different than what the governor put in...

They being able to go off of the current system on to one that the states would operate themselves. as a matter of fact, in massachusetts, his home state, almost 96% of the people who are on that program retirees and state people are off of the social security program. so having that option out there to have the states, louisiana does it, almost every state has their state employees and the retirees that are options to go off of social security. that makes sense. it is an option that we should have. >> governor romney, satisfied with that? >> well, it is different than what the governor put in...

Event. >> thank you, governor scott. and welcome back to orlando, florida and the republican presidential debate. my colleague ma megyn kelly wil take us through the next round of questions on government spending and debt. >> governor, perry, governor romney has been hammering you on your idea of turning social security back to the states repeatedly. can you explain specifically how 50 separate social security systems are supposed to work? >> well, let me just say first for those people on social security today, for those people that are approaching social security, they don't have anything in...