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Johnny Isakson: “I never considered it a cut in benefits. I considered it a saving of the program.”

On the recordMay 20, 2014
I never considered it a cut in benefits. I considered it a saving of the program.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson defends changes to Social Security as necessary savings, not cuts.

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