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On the recordJune 20, 2012
Never has Social Security run a deficit and never can it until we in Congress change the law.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Johnson emphasizes that Social Security cannot run deficits without legislative changes.

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