to president reagan and bush one -- "peter ferraro once told me that funding it with general revenues was part of his plan to destroy it by converting social security into a welfare program rather than an earned benefit. he was right." in other words, what this issue is about is breaking the bonds that we've had since the inception of social security, where social security was paid for -- paid for -- by workers, you pay for it when you're working and you get the benefits when you're old. that's the deal. there is no federal money coming in from the general treasury. and this gentleman, mr. bartlett, thinks, and i suspect he is quite right, tha that -- that this is the beginning of an effort to destroy social security. and i would say that social security -- you know, the real debate about social security, mr. president, is not one about finances. there has been a lot of misinformation and disinformation out there. i hear from some of my friends on the republican side that social security is going bankrupt, it's not going to be there for our kids, and that is absolutely not true. socia

to president reagan and bush one -- "peter ferraro once told me that funding it with general revenues was part of his plan to destroy it by converting social security into a welfare program rather than an earned benefit. he was right." in other words, what this issue is about is breaking the bonds that we've had since the inception of social security, where social security was paid for -- paid for -- by workers, you pay for it when you're working and you get the benefits when you're old. that's the deal. there is no federal money coming in from the general treasury. and this gentleman, mr. bartlett, thinks, and i suspect he is quite right, tha that -- that this is the beginning of an effort to destroy social security. and i would say that social security -- you know, the real debate about social security, mr. president, is not one about finances. there has been a lot of misinformation and disinformation out there. i hear from some of my friends on the republican side that social security is going bankrupt, it's not going to be there for our kids, and that is absolutely not true. socia