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Johnny Isakson: “In 1983, when Reagan and O'Neill, Tip O'Neill, changed the Social Security rules, I was 39 years old.”

On the recordDecember 17, 2013
In 1983, when Reagan and O'Neill, Tip O'Neill, changed the Social Security rules, I was 39 years old.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson reflects on changes to Social Security eligibility age.

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