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Jim Webb: “It was a considerable shift, when they decided to do that, back in the 1980s.”

On the recordApril 12, 2011
It was a considerable shift, when they decided to do that, back in the 1980s.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Webb discusses the significant changes in retirement funding policy from the 1980s.

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