Obamalot seems to really enjoy frightening seniors by threatening to withhold Social Security checks. They did it again Monday night, asserting that if the debt ceiling isn’t raised, why, those checks might not go out. Which is a lie.
The government is legally obligated to send out the checks and there’s no financial reason they can’t do it:
“In fact, according to the most recent Trustees Report to Congress, Social Security ran a $68.6 billion surplus during 2010. The trust funds’ holdings went up accordingly. Thus the Social Security trust funds held more assets at the end of 2010 than at the beginning.”
So, hey, Obamalot. Stop lying. And eat your own damn peas.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Oh, but surplus in one place is only an incentive for the government to take it away and put it into some hole in another place. Any government any time any place.
They’ve been taking it away for a long time which is why the fund isn’t much larger than it is. I agree that pols are cynical about such things, but withholding social security checks would be both illegal (an impeachable offense for Obamalot, as well as potential prison time) and political suicide.