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Bernie Sanders: “I have proposed on different--some of my colleagues have approached the problem in a slightly different way, but I asked…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
I have proposed on different--some of my colleagues have approached the problem in a slightly different way, but I asked the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration, Mr. Goss, to estimate how long the solvency of Social Security would be extended based on legislation that I authored which would apply the Social Security payroll tax on income above $250,000.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders discusses legislation to extend Social Security solvency by taxing higher incomes.

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