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Joe Scarborough: I want to try to bring this together, in closing, and just say this, that we have been talking about Medicare, we have…

On the recordMarch 13, 1996
I want to try to bring this together, in closing, and just say this, that we have been talking about Medicare, we have been talking about education, but you know, the Democrats, some of the leadership, some of the liberals have tried to say, tried to tie some things together for a campaign slogan. And I guess it sounds great as a campaign slogan. Unfortunately, it is just not true. What have they said time and time again, the Republicans are cutting taxes for the rich to pay for Medicare and have said that we are actually cutting Medicare to pay for tax cuts for the rich. And we cannot talk about Medicare until--
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Discussing misconceptions about Medicare funding and tax cuts during a floor speech.

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