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Another Spending Siren for Joe Manchin

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The Wall Street Journal
By The Editorial Board

Progressives are still trying to coax West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin into supporting a partisan tax-and-spending bill. How rude of the Medicare and Social Security Trustees to interrupt this serenade with a reminder last week that the entitlements are going broke.

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