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On the recordMarch 21, 2016
I think one of the mistakes that we make is to refer to this as a tax instead of an insurance premium.
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John Larson
Democratic · Connecticut

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Larson emphasizes that Social Security should be viewed as an insurance premium, not a tax.

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