So you talked about making higher earners continue to pay into Social Security. Is that something that you support? So what I think the fundamental issue with Social Security, we talk about the Social Security trust fund was never sectioned away from the rest of federal government spending. and it should have been put in a trust. But what has happened over the last 20 to 30 years, which Senator Baldwin has been there for 26 years, they've spent money out of the Social Security trust fund to fund all these other programs. (14:39–14:48)
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