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Mark Pocan: “The Social Security fund loses a year of life because of the…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 02:21

But you know, taking away food assistance from hungry poor kids, taking away education funding K to 12. You know, one thing that hasn't got a lot of attention is The Social Security fund loses a year of life because of the tax cuts to the wealthy. We lost that much revenue that would have been there for that. So you've got a year less of life of Social Security. (02:21–02:27)

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Asserts that the Social Security fund's lifespan is reduced by a year due to tax cuts for the wealthy.

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