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Sylvester Turner: reclaiming my time, so the gentleman says that 13 years from now, in 2014, we start paying more Social Security benefits…

On the recordMarch 7, 2001
reclaiming my time, so the gentleman says that 13 years from now, in 2014, we start paying more Social Security benefits than we have income into the Social Security Trust Fund and payroll taxes, and at that point in time is when we need to have that debt paid down so that the money will be available for the Social Security recipients.
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Sylvester Turner
Texas

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Discussing the future of Social Security funding and the need to address national debt.

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