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Brian Higgins: “This is not a giveaway. This is the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. People pay during their working years this…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
This is not a giveaway. This is the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. People pay during their working years this retirement account from which they should expect reasonably to be able to take advantage of it.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Higgins defends Social Security as a paid benefit, not a handout.

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