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Bernie Sanders: “Today Social Security has a $2.8 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible American for the…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
Today Social Security has a $2.8 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible American for the next 18 years.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Highlighting the financial stability of Social Security.

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