Prior to Tuesday night's debate, Barack Obama had complained that Hillary Clinton was not offering specific solutions for fixing Social Security's financial problems.

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"While it's absolutely critical to make it easier to prosecute wrong behavior when it happens and make punishments as firm as appropriate, we also need to come up with some solutions for fixing the systemic problems and restoring faith in the system, " Mr. Norden said.

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