[NetAddicted]

Rick Scott has said his proposal isn’t to cut Social Security. I can’t remember what it is exactly. I wish I remembered all the important info I hear.

[Wallace T.]

What Scott said that he wanted to “sunset” all Federal legislation after five years. Democrats pounced on it to state that the sunsetting would cover Federal programs like Social Security and Medicare, which would be technically accurate. Both Scott and House Minority Leader McCarthy clarified these remarks to indicate that they did not mean the elderly benefit programs. However, the horse was out of the barn by that point.