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George W. Bush: The Government takes a person's money, invests it, and then pays it back to them upon retirement. It doesn't work that…

On the recordApril 4, 2005
The Government takes a person's money, invests it, and then pays it back to them upon retirement. It doesn't work that way.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Following a Tour of the Bureau of the Public Debt in Parkersburg, West Virginia

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