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Bernie Sanders: “If Social Security has not contributed one nickel to the deficit, why are we looking at it within the context of deficit…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
If Social Security has not contributed one nickel to the deficit, why are we looking at it within the context of deficit reduction?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Bernie Sanders questions the rationale for considering Social Security in deficit discussions.

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