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Mike Johnson: “We can't tell people to stop getting older.”

On the recordJuly 7, 2011
We can't tell people to stop getting older.
Said by
Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Acknowledging the inevitability of aging in discussions about Social Security.

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