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Bernie Sanders: “Not once, over more than eight decades of operation, not during the pandemic that we are in, not during the Wall Street…”

On the recordJune 8, 2022
Not once, over more than eight decades of operation, not during the pandemic that we are in, not during the Wall Street crash has anyone ever received a letter or a phone call from the Social Security Administration saying, 'Sorry, the economy is not doing well. We need to cut your benefits.'
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights the reliability of Social Security benefits throughout history.

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