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Bill Clinton: If we dedicate this portion of the surplus to Social Security and Medicare over the next 15 years, obviously, in most of…

On the recordJanuary 26, 1999
If we dedicate this portion of the surplus to Social Security and Medicare over the next 15 years, obviously, in most of those years that money will not be needed.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Social Security and Medicare

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