Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) continues to press his attack against fellow GOP presidential contender Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX). In an opinion piece published this morning on FoxNews.com, Romney once again accuses his rival of wanting to dismantle the program, rather than repairing it.
“In his 2010 book, ‘Fed Up,’ Perry calls Social Security ‘a crumbling monument to the failure of the ‘New Deal.’ It is a program, he writes, that ‘we have been forced to accept for more than 70 years’ and was enacted ‘at the expense of respect for the Constitution.’ An absolute failure based upon ‘fiscal insanity,’ the program, he says flatly, should be dismantled and turned over to the states.”
Romeny concludes that it would be “a moral wrong to renege on the ‘iron-clad commitment’ we have made as a society to our nation’s elderly and vulnerable. The American people are looking to keep Social Security alive and well, and I believe the Republican Party should be committed to doing just that.”
Both men have increased the intensity and frequency of their attacks on each other over the last few days. The scuffling will continue live and in prime time tonight during the Fox News/Google debate.
