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Herb Kohl: More than just a retirement program, Social Security is a collective insurance policy, protecting us all from the…

On the recordJune 16, 2009
More than just a retirement program, Social Security is a collective insurance policy, protecting us all from the possibility that we die young and leave a family behind, become disabled and not able to work, or even live into a ripe old age and beyond our savings.
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Herb Kohl
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Kohl describes Social Security as essential insurance for all Americans.

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