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Barack Obama: I want to encourage people to save more on their own, but I don't want them taking money out of Social Security.

On the recordAugust 17, 2010
I want to encourage people to save more on their own, but I don't want them taking money out of Social Security.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session in Columbus

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