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Senators urge changes in Social Security system
At a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing in Washington both parties voiced support for Social Security but urged reforms to secure its future. Leaders such as Chairman Frank Church and Senators Dick Clark and Charles Percy warned of funding pressures and called for long term stabilization measures. A witness from the Advisory Council on Social Security backed the claim that higher benefit payments outpace income, urging short term financing fixes. Senior citizens shared inflation driven hardships with rent and costs outpacing benefits.
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Washington
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Senate Special Committee On Aging
Frank Church
Idaho
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Congress
Dick Clark
Iowa
Charles H. Percy
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J. W. van Gorkom
Advisory Council On Social Security