Bill Clinton: “I don't want to spend any of the surplus until we save Social Security…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 1998

I don't want to spend any of the surplus until we save Social Security for the next generation.

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Dinner

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Bill Clinton: “I don't want to spend any of the surplus until we save Social Security for the next generation.”