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Bill Clinton: “America needs to set a financial example, and we need to save Social Security first before we use any of that surplus…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1998
America needs to set a financial example, and we need to save Social Security first before we use any of that surplus for spending or for tax cuts.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Unity '98 Dinner in Los Angeles, California

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