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Mike Johnson: “So if I have this right, over the next five years, the President wants to take 330 billion from the retirement program…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
So if I have this right, over the next five years, the President wants to take 330 billion from the retirement program that's going broke and give it to the disability program, which will be broke next year if we don't do anything.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Sam Johnson critiques the President's plan to reallocate funds from retirement to disability.

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