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Tim Ryan: “So we are going from a guaranteed benefit for Social Security recipients to a guaranteed payment for those Wall Street…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2005
So we are going from a guaranteed benefit for Social Security recipients to a guaranteed payment for those Wall Street investors. No matter what happens, whether the investments or the portfolios they are negotiating go up or down, they are going to get paid, guaranteed. Why would you shift that from the beneficiaries?
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the implications of proposed changes to Social Security.

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