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Tom Coburn: What the gentleman is saying is, if we had had a 12 percent rate of return rather than 6/10ths of 1 percent of real rate…

On the recordApril 21, 1999
What the gentleman is saying is, if we had had a 12 percent rate of return rather than 6/10ths of 1 percent of real rate of return, we would not have a problem with Social Security.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the financial issues surrounding Social Security.

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