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Alan Simpson Tells Seniors Battling Social Security Cuts 'Why Don't You Help Me?'

abcnews.com (11 months and 27 days ago)

May 26, 2012

Former Wyoming senator and Bowles-Simpson deficit commission co-chairman Alan Simpson took his war of words with the head of a senior’s group to a new level, defending his advice to cut Social Security as a way to tackle the long-term debt in an angry, expletive-laden... full story

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Alan Simpson Tells Seniors Battling Social Security Cuts 'Why Don't You Help Me?'

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