As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.
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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: May 30, 1958 |
Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
Listeners will wonder what an Englishman is doing on the German radio tonight. You can imagine that before taking this step I hoped that someone better qualified than me would come forward.