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Pete Buttigieg: “We haven't adequately funded [Social Security and Medicare].”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 53:57

I met somebody when I was campaigning a few years ago. He said, I call them paid intimates because I paid into them my whole life. This is insurance. You paid for it, but We haven't adequately funded [Social Security and Medicare]. it. So what I would do is I would close certain tax loopholes that allow some of the wealthiest people to not have to pay the same rate on it on average as you do on your wages. (53:57–53:59)

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Asserts that Social Security and Medicare have not been adequately funded.

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