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Bill Clinton: “We should devote 62 percent of the surplus for the next 15 years to saving Social Security.”

On the recordMarch 2, 1999
We should devote 62 percent of the surplus for the next 15 years to saving Social Security.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Unity Meeting With Democratic Congressional Leaders

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