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Xavier Becerra: Social Security has never contributed a dime to the nation's $14.3 trillion debt, not a penny to our federal deficit…

On the recordJuly 7, 2011
Social Security has never contributed a dime to the nation's $14.3 trillion debt, not a penny to our federal deficit this year, or any year of our nation's history.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

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Becerra argues that Social Security does not contribute to national debt or deficits.

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