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Gerald Ford: “Railroad employees are under Social Security. They have been transferred to the Social Security. The railroad retirement…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
Railroad employees are under Social Security. They have been transferred to the Social Security. The railroad retirement system has been merged with Social Security, and Social Security is the railroad retirement fund.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing the integration of railroad retirement with Social Security.

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