Bill Nelson: “I questioned the figures because what was expressed was that we were not going to raid the Social Security trust fund to…”

“I questioned the figures because what was expressed was that we were not going to raid the Social Security trust fund to pay the normal expenditures of Government. Clearly, that is what the people in the country do not want. They do not want the Social Security trust fund raided to pay for expenses. Now, the Senator has come up with a new budget document that is saying the annual deficit could be as high as $500 billion but it could also be, by the words on the paper, $700 billion?”