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Alan Simpson: “For 17 years, this Senator has talked about the absolute certainty of pretending that something is off budget when it is…”

On the recordJune 7, 1996
For 17 years, this Senator has talked about the absolute certainty of pretending that something is off budget when it is $360 billion a year. It is absolutely absurd to believe that you do not talk about Social Security when you are trying to balance the budget of the United States of America, which today is $1.506 trillion, and $360 billion of that in there is called Social Security. If you want to leave it out, fine, but it will not be this Senator.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming
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Discussing the importance of including Social Security in budget discussions.

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