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Janice Schakowsky: “I'm not talking about children. The poorest adults are people over 65 years of age and persons with disabilities. Their…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2012
I'm not talking about children. The poorest adults are people over 65 years of age and persons with disabilities. Their median income is $22,000 a year. The median income for older Americans is $22,000 a year. Really? Somehow this is a fair balance to ask the wealthiest Americans--the top 2 percent--to pay a little bit more, but darn it, we're not going to do it unless we get those poorest people through their Social Security, through their Medicaid, through their Medicare to pay a bit more? It doesn't seem right to me.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 13, 2012

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