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Harry Reid: “It is unfair to balance the budget the easy way, and that is to use these huge Social Security surpluses that we have…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 1997
It is unfair to balance the budget the easy way, and that is to use these huge Social Security surpluses that we have had in the past and that we will have in the near future to offset the deficit. It is not fair.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the use of Social Security surpluses in budget balancing.

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