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Marshall Sanford: “And, basically, what it said is that none of us have any legal claim whatsoever to our own Social Security money. So…”

On the recordApril 21, 1999
And, basically, what it said is that none of us have any legal claim whatsoever to our own Social Security money. So this whole issue of private property rights, the issue of owning our own account, seeing a monthly statement, knowing to the penny how much is there, I think, is very, very important.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of the Supreme Court decision Fleming v. Nestor on Social Security rights.

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