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On the recordMay 15, 2012
I know that the argument is made now that we've got to go back to the previous level of the payroll tax in order to fund the Social Security Trust Fund, but there are bound to be alternative ways to put funds into the Social Security Trust Fund.
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Bingaman suggests alternative funding methods for Social Security instead of raising payroll taxes.

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