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Carolyn Maloney: “SSDI is an insurance program. Workers earn benefits by paying a small tax, less than one percent of their taxable…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
SSDI is an insurance program. Workers earn benefits by paying a small tax, less than one percent of their taxable income, over years of work.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney explains how SSDI benefits are earned through worker contributions.

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