On the recordJuly 13, 2005
And when they discover, as our colleague from Texas (Mr. Hensarling) explained, that we are actually taking that short-term surplus that we have, the excess of revenues we are getting in this year over the benefits we are paying out this year and we are spending it on other things, as he pointed out, we are spending it on phenomenally expensive wheelchairs or we are spending it on Forest Service pickup trucks or we are spending it on welfare benefits or we are spending it on whatever other program is out there and not spending their Social Security taxes to set aside for Social Security, not on Social Security benefits and not on paying future benefits, what kind of reaction did you get from your constituents?
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