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Tammy Baldwin: “We can extend the solvency of Social Security very easily…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Wisconsin U.S. Senate Debate

Published | Video Starts at 10:37

But there is something that Congress can do. What is your plan? You will have 60 seconds to respond. Senator Baldwin, you go first. We can extend the solvency of Social Security very easily. It's called lifting the income cap. Right now, multi millionaires like my opponent Eric Hovdy pay minute amounts. They're not doing their fair share. And if we lifted that income, captain, the solvency would be extended for many years. (10:37–10:45)

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Asserts that lifting the income cap can easily extend the solvency of Social Security.

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