Bb5a31f81ClaimHistorical Republican proposals for Social Security included raising the retirement age, capping benefits for high-income retirees, and altering annual cost-of-living adjustmentsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Social Security program pays out more in annual benefits than it collects in payroll taxesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn United States v. Blagojevich, the Seventh Circuit held that customary political negotiations and horse-trading do not constitute criminal briberyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimEliminating the Social Security payroll tax cap without increasing benefits for higher earners would prevent program insolvency for several decadesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Seventh Circuit in United States v. Blagojevich concluded Congress did not intend federal bribery statutes to criminalize routine political logrollingAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimCompany officials reaching an internal agreement to make a corrupt offer can establish criminal conspiracy liability even without communicating the offerAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimApplying federal criminal bribery statutes to political negotiations risks creating constitutional vagueness and due process violationsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSocial Security trust fund reserves are projected to be depleted in 2032 if the United States Congress enacts no legislative fixesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel opinion concludes the Department cannot criminally indict or prosecute a sitting presidentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimReducing federal income taxes collected on Social Security benefits accelerated the projected insolvency date of the Social Security programAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe 1983 bipartisan United States Social Security reform agreement was resolved months before the program's trust fund ran out of moneyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnder federal law, criminal bribery requires giving, offering, or soliciting something of value to a public official in exchange for an official actAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFederal bribery statutes criminalize both the affirmative offer of a bribe and the solicitation of a bribe by a public officialAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnder federal bribery law, executing an agreement openly and following legal advice serves as evidence rebutting criminal corrupt intentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimCorrupt intent in criminal bribery cases requires showing a specific intent to engage in a quid pro quo for a wrongful purposeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnder 18 U.S.C. Section 201, an illegal gratuity requires giving something of value to an official for or because of an official actAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAn illegal gratuity under federal law can be provided either before or after the relevant official act occursAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFederal bribery statutes define a public official as any elected or appointed official, or any employee of a local, state, or federal governmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimProviding pro bono legal services to government causes constitutes an institutional benefit to the administration rather than a private personal benefitAgreeDisagree