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On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
the solution here is to really kind of break with the original concept of this being a you pay into the system and you get what you pull out.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson critiques the current Social Security system's deviation from its original intent.

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