Excerpt from Fall River (MA) Herald-News, January 5, 2005 (Local Lawmakers Sound Off On Social Security, by Daniel Fowler)

One of the things Frank said Bush overlooks with regard to Social Security is that the "money pays disability benefits and survivor benefits."

"A lot of widows and children are living on Social Security," Frank said. "Social Security provides a safety net for people in case there is a death with minor people left behind. If you try to buy a life insurance policy with the same protection it would be impossible."

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