Former President George W. Bush has stated that "All that's left in the Social Security Trust is a cabinet full of IOU's" (June 3, 2005, The New York Times).

United States Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina wrote that "The Trust Fund is empty and has been for years. There is no money in there; just IOU’s. The very concept of a Social Security Trust Fund is not so much a myth as it is a lie." (October 1, 2009, Washington Examiner; http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/Washington-politicians-most-titanic-lie-63102227.html

The United States Chamber of Commerce states on their website, "The government does not save our Social Security taxes for future retirees. Congress borrows this extra money and uses it to make up for deficits elsewhere in the budget. Thus the Social Security trust fund contains nothing but IOUs the government has written to itself." (United States Chamber of Commerce website, http://www.uschamber.com/issues/retirementpension/socialsecurity/trust-fund-myth

A Washington Post Poll, February 10, 2005, found that 90% of the American people know that a reason "the Social Security program faces financial difficulties" is that "Money in the Social Security Trust Fund is being spent on programs other than Social Security."

In his book, The Looting of Social Security, Allan Smith, PH. D. in Economics, explains why the IOU's in the Social Security Trust Fund are worthless. Simply put NO money has EVER been placed in the Social Security Trust Fund. Therefore, there is No money that can be withdrawn - it is simply an accounting gimmick.

The question of whether there is $2.6 Trillion in the Social Security Trust Fund is one of the most important Economic questions facing this Nation.

We, the Coalition for National Referendum, are therefore forming a Commission to investigate and determine whether the $2.6 Trillion has been removed from the Social Security Trust Fund.

Listed below are the Congressional Candidates that agreed to participate in this Commission:

"I have agreed to be a Member of a Commission, formed by the Coalition for National Referendum, to investigate and determine whether the $2.6 Trillion that should be in the Social Security Trust Fund has been removed and not replaced."


Eric Wnuck
Republican Congressional Candidate
5th Congressional District, Arizona
www.ericwnuck.com
Email: EWnuck@enhancedmri.com

Peter Romanowsky
Republican Congressional Candidate
6th Congressional District, California
www.angelfire.com/hi2/agapecyber
Email: peteromanowsky@gmail.com

David Lee Buxton
Republican Congressional Candidate
18th Congressional District, California
www.DavidLeeBuxton.com
Email: davidleebuxton@yahoo.com

Diane A. Lenning
Republican Congressional Candidate
39th Congressional District, California
www.Vote4Diane.com
Email: info@Vote4Diane.com

Michael Crimmins
Republican Congressional Candidate
51st Congressional District, California
www.CrimminsForCongress.com
Email: CrimminsForCongress@gmail.com

Mike Copass
Democratic Congressional Candidate
53rd Congressional District, California
www.MikeCopass.com
Email: California53@gmail.com

Joe Visconti
Republican Congressional Candidate
1st Congressional District, Connecticut
www.ViscontiForCongress.com
Email: Viscontimg@aol.com

Arthur Richardson III
Republican Congressional Candidate
9th Congressional District, Florida
www.arthurforcongress.org
Email: arichardson3@hotmail.com

Lee R. Ferrell
Republican Congressional Candidate
2nd Congressional District, Georgia
www.leerferrell.com
Email: Lee.Ferrell@mchsi.com

Bud Gammon
Democratic Congressional Candidate
11th Congressional District, Georgia
www.BudGammon.com
Email: BudGammon@aol.com

Raymond Wardingley
Republican Congressional Candidate
1st Congressional District, Illinois
www.RayWardingley.com
Email: RayWardingley99@msn.com

Teri Davis Newman
Republican Congressional Candidate
12th Congressional District, Illinois
www.voteforteri2010.com
Email: TeriDavisNewman@aol.com

Mark Levya
Republican Congressional Candidate
1st Congressional District, Indiana
www.markleyva.com
Email: info@markleyva.com

John Wayne Tucker
Republican Congressional Candidate
3rd Congressional District, Missouri
www.JohnWayneTucker.com
Email: Electjwt@JohnWayneTucker.com

Carlo Poliak
Democratic Congressional Candidate
3rd Congressional District, Nevada
Email: Texsano@cox.net

Peter Bearse, Ph.D.
Republican Congressional Candidate
1st Congressional District, New Hampshire
www.politicalcommunity.us
Email: peterj@politicalcommunity.us

John Wallace
Republican Congressional Candidate
20th Congressional District, New York
www.TeaPartyRep.com
Email: john@TeaPartyRep.com

Mike Carroll
Democratic Congressional Candidate
4th Congressional District, Ohio
www.MikeForOhio.com
Email: MikeForOhio@aol.com

John Mitchel
Republican Congressional Candidate
7th Congressional District, Ohio
www.reformcongress.com
Email: Mitch07Ohio@sbcglobal.net

Delia Lopez
Republican Congressional Candidate
3rd Congressional District, Oregon
www.DLopezforCongress.com
Email: DLopezforCongress@yahoo.com

Van R. Irion
Republican Congressional Candidate
3rd Congressional District, Tennessee
www.van4congress.org
Email: van@irionlaw.com

Dr. Ludwig Otto
Democratic Congressional Candidate
6th Congressional District, Texas
www.LudwigOtto.com
Email: LudwigOtto@sbcglobal.net

Darren Yancy
Republican Congressional Candidate
17th Congressional District, Texas
www.darrenyancy.com
Email: darren@darrenyancy.com

Stephen Love
Democratic Congressional Candidate
32nd Congressional District, Texas
www.stevelove.com
Email: SLove4USHR@aol.com