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Eric Hovde: “For people like me who have been economically blessed…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 46:18

… repeatedly, for those people like myself, and while it upsets a lot of people when I say this, and they'll say, I paid into the system my whole life, but For people like me who have been economically blessed... you're going to have to do some level of means testing. And that means somebody like me may not receive my Social Security payment. The Hobdy rule. I said that would become the Hovdi rule. Sure. Because you know what? (46:18–46:29)

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Proposes means testing for Social Security benefits.

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