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Bill Cassidy: “But do you think it is realistic that he can pay for Medicare, debt and deficit, and also address a 75-year shortfall in…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2023
But do you think it is realistic that he can pay for Medicare, debt and deficit, and also address a 75-year shortfall in Social Security, by only taxing, by only going--the only thing he is going to do is to lay higher taxes on those who make more than 2 percent.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Questioning the feasibility of funding Medicare and Social Security solely through higher taxes on high earners.

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