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On the recordJuly 20, 2011
And on the individuals. Let's move on beyond it. But this is something that I always put up when we talk about Medicare, and that is it was 1965. This is a tombstone, and it says: Medicare 1965-2011. Created by LBJ. Destroyed by the GOP. No doubt about it.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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