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Mark Dayton: “Contrary to what most people in this country probably believe, the Social Security Administration is extremely…”

On the recordMay 14, 2002
Contrary to what most people in this country probably believe, the Social Security Administration is extremely efficient, and, in fact, less than 1 percent of Social Security goes for administrative costs. The Senator cited some of the figures from the OWL report, which is an excellent document, about the disparities between men and women. I have seen the statistic that one-quarter of the retirees in America today don't receive any pension fund whatsoever. My experience in Minnesota would be that probably 80 or 90 percent of those are women, particularly older women who are widowed and often, with the older pensions, lose any benefit payments whatsoever once their husband dies. I wonder if the Senator from Michigan has had that same experience. Would the Senator say in Michigan that number applies?
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Discussing the efficiency of the Social Security Administration and pension disparities during a floor speech.

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