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John Larson: “We want to invest our money where it should be going, in…”

Featuring: John Larson, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 1st Congressional District

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Congressman John Larson's Town Hall on Social Security, Tax Cuts, and Healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 44:19

… that we're not going to take food out of children's mouths and knock people off of their health care in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. That instead We want to invest our money where it should be going, in people who need it the most and make sure that we solidify our programs like Social Security and not take them apart from within and dissemble them for privatization. so that a very few will be able to grab the money that's there and exists. That's the most important thing that we can do. (44:19–44:38)

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Asserts the need to invest in social programs and protect Social Security from privatization.

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