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Rob Portman: “If there were hundreds of thousands of Social Security beneficiaries getting their retirement benefits cut by as much as…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
If there were hundreds of thousands of Social Security beneficiaries getting their retirement benefits cut by as much as 70 percent, there would be a national outrage.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Compares pension cuts for Teamsters to potential outrage over Social Security cuts.

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