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Gerald Ford: “To restore its integrity, I am asking the Congress to raise social security taxes.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1976
To restore its integrity, I am asking the Congress to raise social security taxes.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Annual Budget Message to the Congress

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