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Zach Nunn: Mr. President, today there are now only 3.3 workers per recipient. Thirty years from now, the ratio will be two to one.…

On the recordMay 20, 1996
Mr. President, today there are now only 3.3 workers per recipient. Thirty years from now, the ratio will be two to one. And this ratio will continue to decline.
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Zach Nunn
Republican · Hawaii

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Discussing the declining worker-to-recipient ratio in social programs.

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