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Kevin Yoder: I do not think that you can look at it as a percentage of the total budget because we cannot reduce Social Security…

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
I do not think that you can look at it as a percentage of the total budget because we cannot reduce Social Security checks or Medicare payments to make up for a dollar in either air traffic control or the Defense Department.
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Kevin Yoder
Kansas

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Yoder discusses the impact of budget cuts on essential services like Social Security and Medicare.

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