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Mike Lee: “Our Social Security tax is a tax. It is just like any other tax imposed by the Federal Government.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
Our Social Security tax is a tax. It is just like any other tax imposed by the Federal Government.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee emphasizes that Social Security tax functions like any federal tax, not a savings program.

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