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Sherrod Brown: “That does nothing to redistribute money to lower levels; it just, quote-unquote, 'fixes Social Security' by taking a…”

On the recordMay 20, 2014
That does nothing to redistribute money to lower levels; it just, quote-unquote, 'fixes Social Security' by taking a little from the upper-income.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Critiques proposals that do not effectively redistribute wealth to lower-income individuals.

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