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Barack Obama: Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George Bush proposed it, and it's a bad idea today.

On the recordSeptember 5, 2008
Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George Bush proposed it, and it's a bad idea today.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the AARP Life@50+ National Expo in Washington

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