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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
if we are going to make this whole system solvent, it is going to take everybody to give a little bit.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Conrad discusses the need for shared sacrifice to ensure Social Security's solvency.

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