I am guessing the gentleman's experience is like mine, Americans have a simple image in their mind that if these are payroll taxes taken to fund Social Security, we ought to be using them to fund Social Security.
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No, we don't force people to do that. I guess we do say that if you want to drive in some places, you have to buy auto insurance to insure against damage to somebody else. Right?
Because of one word difference? One word difference. The Senate has already passed the Senate bill, the House has to pass that exact bill word for word. It can't have one word missing?
It seems to me morally indefensible, morally indefensible to say to the American people, If you work for a big, big, big employer--like you and I do, the Federal Government--or like we'll say, General Motors or Intel or Motorola or AT&T or…
An elaborate charade. Trickery. If the American people think we are engaged in trickery, why not engage in trickery.
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