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Mike Johnson: “Workers' hard-earned payroll taxes fund the majority of the benefits Social Security pays out each year.”

On the recordJune 22, 2011
Workers' hard-earned payroll taxes fund the majority of the benefits Social Security pays out each year.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Stressing the importance of payroll taxes in funding Social Security benefits.

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