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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Congress Needs to Begin Reform of Medicare & Social Security

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Congress Needs to Begin Reform of Medicare & Social Security

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One agenda issue from republicans next year could be reform attempts at Medicare and Social Security.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says under current rules, they don’t even take votes on Social Security and Medicare…

Rounds says some people raise an alarm if they take any steps to manage the future prospects of either program…..

Rounds says Congress should have a more active role in managing the two big retirement programs…..

Rounds says if they don’t act soon, those programs, and servicing the national debt will take up over ninety percent of federal revenues within twenty years.

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