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Brian Higgins: “For every dollar that you provide for Social Security benefits, you get $1.50 in economic output.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
For every dollar that you provide for Social Security benefits, you get $1.50 in economic output.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins highlights the economic return on Social Security spending.

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