FACT CHECK: Social Security scare tactics

By FactCheck.Org
11:08 am, October 3, 2012 Updated: 11:21 am, October 3, 2012

Seniors beware: The Obama and Romney campaigns are making false claims about taxing Social Security benefits:

• Vice President Joe Biden told seniors in Florida that Romney’s tax plan “would raise taxes on your Social Security.” But that’s not part of Romney’s tax plan. It’s the Obama-Biden campaign’s latest misrepresentation of a nonpartisan study. The group that did the analysis disputes the campaign’s interpretation of its work.
• The Romney campaign and the National Republican Committee falsely claim that Biden “repeatedly voted for higher taxes on Social Security benefits.” Obama and Biden repeatedly opposed attempts to cut the tax on Social Security benefits for higher-income seniors, but that’s not a vote for raising taxes higher than they are now.