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On the recordDecember 13, 2011
if we continue our preoccupation with entitlements, and we really continue to view the entire problem as balancing the Medicare and social security trust funds, that we will be in very big trouble.
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Herb Kohl
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Kohl warns about focusing solely on entitlements without addressing broader societal issues.

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