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Bernie Sanders: “Social Security has a significant surplus, and its trust fund could pay out benefits for the next 20 years.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
Social Security has a significant surplus, and its trust fund could pay out benefits for the next 20 years.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders argues that Social Security's surplus contradicts proposed cuts in the budget.

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