Harry Reid: “There are these huge surpluses that are building up in the Social Security trust fund that I believe we must protect.…”

“There are these huge surpluses that are building up in the Social Security trust fund that I believe we must protect. Failure to save the surplus could undermine Social Security. We must be concerned how Social Security is treated in the budget. We know that just a few years ago we, by a vote of 98 to 2, said we are not going to put Social Security in any of the problems we have with deficit spending. We cannot reverse that now. That would be unfaithful on our behalf. We would be unfaithful. Social Security will be treated very stringently in this budget. That is why it is important that Social Security be excluded.”