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George H.W. Bush: “Americans for Disabilities Act really is helpful to the disabled. The other, second part of it: Do not fool around with…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1992
Americans for Disabilities Act really is helpful to the disabled. The other, second part of it: Do not fool around with Social Security benefits. Don't touch them. I pledged to the Congress in the State of the Union, do not mess with Social Security, and we haven't. So I think we've got to leave that sacrosanct from this lady's very appropriate question, ``How are you going to get the deficit down without cutting benefits.'' You control the growth of the others to population and to inflation, but don't touch Social Security. Education
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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