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Bernie Sanders: “We have got to expand Social Security by lifting the cap on…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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And while Trump and Musk are trying to decimate the Social Security administration, making it harder for people to access the Social Security that they paid into, We have got to expand Social Security by lifting the cap on taxable income. You do that, you can extend the life, the solvency of Social Security for decades and greatly increase the benefits by at least $2,400 that senior citizens in this country receive. (14:19–14:27)

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Asserts the need to expand Social Security by removing the income cap on taxable earnings.

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