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Transcript: GRAMS INTRODUCES SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT
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- April 1, 1998
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For Immediate Release April 1, 1998
Contact: Steve Behm (202) 224-3244
GRAMS INTRODUCES SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT
"My amendment would be a first step in reforming the system" says
Budget
Committee member
Washington, D.C. - U S. Senator Rod Grams today introduced an amendment
which calls for the Senate to use any budget surplus to reduce the
Social
Security payroll tax and to establish personal retirement accounts
for
working Americans. The Sense of the Senate resolution also calls on
Congress
and the President to refrain from using the surplus to finance general
government programs and other spending initiatives.
Grams stated, "This is a very simple ...