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John Spratt: By putting them back in the budget, the gentleman is undercutting the whole idea of having Social Security off budget.…

On the recordJune 20, 2000
By putting them back in the budget, the gentleman is undercutting the whole idea of having Social Security off budget. It boggles my mind why the gentleman would want to do that, when the idea is to separate these accounts and treat them differently from the ordinary accounts of the budget.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Discussing the treatment of Social Security in the federal budget.

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