Perry ‘Ponzi’ Remark Carries Risk by Pitting Old Against Young

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To get a sense of the political risk Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry faces by calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” meet Flo McDonald.

“They should shoot him for what he said about Social Security,” said the 82-year-old, sitting by the pool at Kings Point, a retirement community outside of Tampa, Florida.