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Tim Walz: “It does not add to the national debt, and it's the best anti…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Tim Walz campaigning in Racine, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 09:47

And one of the things they came up with is that he will start to bankrupt Social Security in six years under his plan. Now, just to be clear, that is a program that we pay into. It does not add to the national debt, and it's the best anti poverty program ever designed. Now, they also analyzed, because he's the only person in America who thinks this, that he's going to put tariffs on most of the products that we buy. (09:47–09:53)

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Asserts that Social Security does not add to the national debt and is the best anti-poverty program.

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