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Bill Clinton: “I want to say very clearly that we need to set aside enough of the surplus for Medicare and Social Security before we…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1999
I want to say very clearly that we need to set aside enough of the surplus for Medicare and Social Security before we address new initiatives like tax cuts.
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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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