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Tom Coburn: so what are our options? Three are listed here, but there is four. The first is we can save 100 percent of seniors'…

On the recordMarch 10, 1999
so what are our options? Three are listed here, but there is four. The first is we can save 100 percent of seniors' money. Remember, when we do that, when we save 100 percent of seniors' money, we are doing two things. We are following the obligation that we really have to the American public because they are paying Social Security taxes for their Social Security. But, number two, we are relieving a tremendous burden on their grandchildren.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing options for saving seniors' money in relation to Social Security.

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