The Republican candidates are talking about ways to transition this program and it is a monstrous lie. It is a ponzi scheme to tell our kids that are 25 or 30 years old today, you're paying into a program that's going to be there. Anybody that's for the status quo with Social Security today is involved with a monstrous lie to our kids, and it's not right.
Rick PerryI happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.
Rick PerryFrom time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.
Rick PerryWhat I learned growing up on the farm was a way of life that was centered on hard work, and on faith and on thrift. Those values have stuck with me my whole life.
Rick Perry