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Gary Peters: “If you tell them that they have paid into a system for their entire life... that is not something that is going to be…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
If you tell them that they have paid into a system for their entire life... that is not something that is going to be palatable to nearly everybody.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Senator Peters discusses the unacceptability of changing rules for entitlements.

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