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John Fetterman: “Insolvent does not mean broke broke. It just means you could…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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John Fetterman: I Didn't Change, the Democrats Did

Published | Video Starts at 42:14

Now here, that's starting to approach. It just required very small, small kind of actuarial kinds of changes for that thing. Now, Insolvent does not mean broke broke. It just means you could pay 75% of current benefit levels right now. Just agreeing as Democrat, Republican, I'm not going to weaponize this conversation against one another. And we're not going to scare the elderly Americans and say, you're trying to destroy, you're trying to do that thing. (42:14–42:23)

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Asserts that insolvency allows for payment of 75% of current benefit levels.

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