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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
My children will likely put more money into Social Security than they take out--at best, generational unfairness; at worst, a form of generational theft.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling discusses the unfairness of Social Security for future generations.

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