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Jay Inslee: we need to stop the administration from stealing from the Social Security trust fund to pay for this war, and that is…

On the recordSeptember 9, 2003
we need to stop the administration from stealing from the Social Security trust fund to pay for this war, and that is what they are telling us they want to do. They want to take $87 billion out of the Social Security trust fund to pay for this war. And the reason they want to do it is that they refuse to let go of their goal of continuing further tax cuts for the wealthiest folks in this country, and that is morally, ethically wrong to our children. And this Congress has an obligation to our kids to stop it right here during this supplemental, and I trust that we are making an effort to do that.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing concerns about funding the war and its impact on the Social Security trust fund.

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