Bill Clinton: “Don't you dare spend that surplus until we save the Social Security…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1998

Don't you dare spend that surplus until we save the Social Security system for the next generation.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Reception for Senatorial Candidate John Edwards in Raleigh, North Carolina

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Bill Clinton: “Don't you dare spend that surplus until we save the Social Security system for the next generation.”