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Journalist PHILLIP LONGMAN

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Clinton proposes higher-income tax on Social Security benefits for individuals with incomes over $25,000 and couples over $32,000.
more than 25000 USD · individual incomemore than 32000 USD · couple income
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The administration estimates fewer than one-quarter of retirees would be affected by the proposed higher-income tax on Social Security benefits.
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Journalist PHILLIP LONGMAN. He specializes in politics and public policy. He'll talk with Terry about the items in Clinton's address last night dealing with entitlements. Clinton wants to a impose higher-income tax on Social Security benefits for individuals with incomes over $25,000 and couples over $32,000. The administration says this would affect fewer than one-quarter of retirees. LONGMAN is the author of "Born to Pay: The New Politics of Aging in America," (published in 1987 by Houghton Mi

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