Santorum blames ‘abortion culture’ for Social Security woes

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In an interview with a New Hampshire radio station Tuesday, Rick Santorum suggested the nation's "abortion culture" is to blame for the Social Security program's financial problems.

Per The Hill's Shane D'Aprile, the former Pennsylvania senator and 2012 presidential hopeful told WEZS Radio that not enough children are being born to support the troubled entitlement system in part because of the rising number of abortions.

"The Social Security system, in my opinion, is a flawed design, period. But having said that, the design would work a lot better if we had stable demographic trends," Santorum said. "We don't have enough workers to support the retirees . . . . A third of the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion."

Santorum was responding to a caller, who suggested abortion was behind the nation's troubled Social Security and Medicare infrastructure. Per The Hill, the former senator said the caller was "absolutely right."

"We have seven children, so we're doing our part to fund the Social Security system," Santorum added.

His comments come as Santorum attempts to attract attention to his longshot 2012 presidential bid. As The Ticket recently noted, Santorum's media strategy seems to be based on two things: trashing Mitt Romney and making provocative comments. In January, Santorum came under fire when he suggested President Obama should be against abortion because he's black.

Edited March 29, 2011 by Why_Me

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

"We don't have enough workers to support the retirees . . . . A third of the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion."

And yet, we have so many single mothers on welfare. Perhaps they just targeted the wrong group.

Edited March 29, 2011 by Some Old Guy

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All they have to do is ban abortion if you live in a nice neighborhood and facilitate it if you live in the hood...

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Social Security is a predictable failure. It has nothing to do with abortion.

[mawilson 2,133]

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Edited March 29, 2011 by mawilson

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And that would increase the number of workers how?

People who win at life are more likely to produce kids who win at life. People who lose at life are more likely to produce kids who lose at life.

[mawilson 2,133]

People who win at life are more likely to produce kids who win at life. People who lose at life are more likely to produce kids who lose at life.

Yeah, I get it - I just misread your statement originally.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

People who win at life are more likely to produce kids who win at life. People who lose at life are more likely to produce kids who lose at life.

"Mein Kampf" ?

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"Mein Kampf" ?

Was written by those who were losing at life, those who were full of envy at those who were winning.

[Danno 1,228]

People who win at life are more likely to produce kids who win at life. People who lose at life are more likely to produce kids who lose at life.

Works the exact same way with race horses.

But even so, if a couple only has one kid..... how much would this one kid have to be paying in to support his mother and fathers SS in their retirement years (not to mention part of his own).

Social security is basically a welfare program, especially for those who choose not to have kids.

[Peikko 1,575]

Works the exact same way with race horses.

But even so, if a couple only has one kid..... how much would this one kid have to be paying in to support his mother and fathers SS in their retirement years (not to mention part of his own).

Social security is basically a welfare program, especially for those who choose not to have kids.

What? Are you serious? Eugenics, really?

Just so you know, that is not what AJ was implying - he was referring to environmental factors not genetic ones.

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Social Security is a predictable failure. It has nothing to do with abortion.

Ponzi-schemes usually are.

[Danno 1,228]

What? Are you serious? Eugenics, really?

Just so you know, that is not what AJ was implying - he was referring to environmental factors not genetic ones.

Attributing intelligence in part to genetics is not Eugenics.

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Works the exact same way with race horses.

What? Are you serious? Eugenics, really?

Attributing intelligence in part to genetics is not Eugenics.

Eugenics is exactly what they do with race horses.

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Intelligence is poorly correlated with winning at life. Pick another trait

Attributing intelligence in part to genetics is not Eugenics.