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Elijah Cummings: “The implication is that people don't pay into the system. And they do.”

On the recordJune 10, 2014
The implication is that people don't pay into the system. And they do.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings argues against the misconception that disability benefits are unearned.

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