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David Thomas: “Especially when they are arguing that we need to do this very risky scheme, jeopardizing the ability to be accurate, and…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2001
Especially when they are arguing that we need to do this very risky scheme, jeopardizing the ability to be accurate, and committing enormous general funds to the trust fund to replace the hole in the trust fund that would bring insolvency from 2017 to 2006, and argue that they feel they need to do it for stimulus purposes. There are a whole lot better ways to stimulate the economy. The legislation passed by the House, the discussion between, just as recently today, a moderate group of Senators, both Democrats and Republicans and the President, none of those discussions involved risky schemes like this exposure of the payroll tax.
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David Thomas
New York

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Discussing concerns over a proposed economic stimulus scheme related to the trust fund.

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