Which vice-presidential candidate said this about freezing Social Security?

"While this program is severe, it is the only program that will halt the upward spiral of deficits."

Also this: "Within the next 12 to 18 months this country will face an economic and political crisis of extraordinary proportions if Congress refuses to take decisive action on the deficits that we face.”

Answer? Joe Biden, in proposing an across-the-board cut in spending back in 1984.

HT: Drudge