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On the recordFebruary 10, 1999
Older Americans are just as willing as the rest of the country to pay their fair share, but the President and other big spenders in Congress should not take that as a license to finance their big government agenda on the backs of Social Security beneficiaries.
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Matt Salmon
Arizona

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Criticizing government spending funded by taxing Social Security beneficiaries.

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