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New Post: Trump suggests he’s open to cuts to Medicare and Social Security after attacking primary rivals over the issue -CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he was open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare after opposing touching the entitlement programs and attacking his GOP presidential primary rivals over the issue. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC whether he had changed his outlook on how to handle entitlement... CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he was open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare after opposing touching the entitlement programs and attacking his GOP presidential primary rivals over the issue. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC whether he had changed his outlook on how to handle entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to tackle the national debt. “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements,” Trump said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” He added: “There’s tremendous amounts of things and numbers of things you can do.” Following the interview, President Joe Biden responded to a clip his campaign made of Trump’s comments: “Not on my watch.” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt later told CNN that Trump was “clearly talking about cutting waste, not entitlements.” “President Trump delivered on his promise to protect Social Security and Medicare in his first term, and President Trump will continue to strongly protect Social Security and Medicare in his second term,” said Leavitt, who argued: “The only candidate who poses a threat to Social Security and Medicare is Joe Biden.” “By unleashing American energy, slashing job-killing regulations, and adopting pro-growth America First tax and trade policies, President Trump will quickly rebuild the greatest economy in history and put Social Security and Medicare on a stronger footing for generations to come,” Leavitt said. When Trump was president, his administration’s budget proposals included spending cuts to Social Security, primarily by targeting disability benefits, and Medicare, largely by reducing provider payments. Trump also signaled in an interview with CNBC in 2020 that he was open to cutting federal entitlements to reduce the federal deficit. But Trump has vowed repeatedly on the campaign trail this election cycle to “always defend Medicare and

New Post: Trump suggests he’s open to cuts to Medicare and Social Security after attacking primary rivals over the issue -CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he was open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare after opposing touching the entitlement programs and attacking his GOP presidential primary rivals over the issue. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC whether he had changed his outlook on how to handle entitlement... CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he was open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare after opposing touching the entitlement programs and attacking his GOP presidential primary rivals over the issue. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC whether he had changed his outlook on how to handle entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to tackle the national debt. “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements,” Trump said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” He added: “There’s tremendous amounts of things and numbers of things you can do.” Following the interview, President Joe Biden responded to a clip his campaign made of Trump’s comments: “Not on my watch.” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt later told CNN that Trump was “clearly talking about cutting waste, not entitlements.” “President Trump delivered on his promise to protect Social Security and Medicare in his first term, and President Trump will continue to strongly protect Social Security and Medicare in his second term,” said Leavitt, who argued: “The only candidate who poses a threat to Social Security and Medicare is Joe Biden.” “By unleashing American energy, slashing job-killing regulations, and adopting pro-growth America First tax and trade policies, President Trump will quickly rebuild the greatest economy in history and put Social Security and Medicare on a stronger footing for generations to come,” Leavitt said. When Trump was president, his administration’s budget proposals included spending cuts to Social Security, primarily by targeting disability benefits, and Medicare, largely by reducing provider payments. Trump also signaled in an interview with CNBC in 2020 that he was open to cutting federal entitlements to reduce the federal deficit. But Trump has vowed repeatedly on the campaign trail this election cycle to “always defend Medicare and

New Post: Trump suggests he’s open to cuts to Medicare and Social Security after attacking primary rivals over the issue -CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he was open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare after opposing touching the entitlement programs and attacking his GOP presidential primary rivals over the issue. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC whether he had changed his outlook on how to handle entitlement... CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he was open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare after opposing touching the entitlement programs and attacking his GOP presidential primary rivals over the issue. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC whether he had changed his outlook on how to handle entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to tackle the national debt. “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements,” Trump said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” He added: “There’s tremendous amounts of things and numbers of things you can do.” Following the interview, President Joe Biden responded to a clip his campaign made of Trump’s comments: “Not on my watch.” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt later told CNN that Trump was “clearly talking about cutting waste, not entitlements.” “President Trump delivered on his promise to protect Social Security and Medicare in his first term, and President Trump will continue to strongly protect Social Security and Medicare in his second term,” said Leavitt, who argued: “The only candidate who poses a threat to Social Security and Medicare is Joe Biden.” “By unleashing American energy, slashing job-killing regulations, and adopting pro-growth America First tax and trade policies, President Trump will quickly rebuild the greatest economy in history and put Social Security and Medicare on a stronger footing for generations to come,” Leavitt said. When Trump was president, his administration’s budget proposals included spending cuts to Social Security, primarily by targeting disability benefits, and Medicare, largely by reducing provider payments. Trump also signaled in an interview with CNBC in 2020 that he was open to cutting federal entitlements to reduce the federal deficit. But Trump has vowed repeatedly on the campaign trail this election cycle to “always defend Medicare and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 11, 2024 / DNC Talking Points - NEW: Donald Trump Doubles Down on His Years-long Push To Gut Social Security and Medicare In response to Donald Trump saying “there is a lot you can do… in terms of cutting” Social Security and Medicare, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:“If you’re surprised by Donald Trump once again calling to cut Social Security and Medicare, you haven’t been paying attention: Trump has a long record of pushing to gut these critical earned benefits for millions of Americans, including proposing cuts every single year he was in office. Trump and MAGA Republicans keep running on an unpopular platform that is threatening the pocketbooks of hardworking Americans – it’s an extreme, losing agenda that voters are going to reject once again when they head to the ballot box this November.” WATCH: Donald Trump said “there is a lot you can do” to cut Social Security and Medicare – programs that hardworking American families rely on.    Joe Kernen, CNBC: “Have you changed your outlook on how to handle entitlements, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid?” Trump: “So first of all, there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting.” This is nothing new for Trump, who owns his extreme record of proposing cuts to Medicare and Social Security programs in EVERY SINGLE ONE of his budgets. Washington Post: “His avowed stance, however, is at odds with Trump’s own record as president: Each of his White House budget proposals included cuts to Social Security and Medicare programs.” Vox: “Trump said he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3.” Trump’s FY18, FY19, FY20, and FY21 budgets each proposed billions of dollars in cuts to Social Security programs. 2019 and 2020: Trump proposed budgets that included hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare. Trump has previously promised to cut Social Security and Medicare in a second term in office – including threatening the programs’ financial standing by promising to permanently eliminate the taxes that fund both programs. National Review: “Speaking with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump was asked whether he would cut entitlements at some point. ‘Will entitlements ever be on your plate?’ asked interviewer Joe Sahil Kapur, NBC News: “Digging deeper into this @FoxNews finding. Support for funding entitlements like Social Security & Medicare over reducing deficits is overwhelming with the GOP base: Republicans 59-38% Trump voters 59-37% Conservatives 60-36% Rural voters 70-26% White non-college voters 73%-24%” CNN: “Nearly 67 million Americans have received monthly Social Security benefits this year, and more than 66 million people are enrolled in Medicare. Polling shows little support for major changes to the programs themselves to help shore up their finances. ###

Medicare, Social Security See Gains The “go-broke” dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back thanks to an improving economy, according to the programs’ annual trustees report. Medicare will now be able to pay full benefits through 2036, five years later than previously estimated. Social Security will be fully solvent until 2035, a year later than estimated. When the funds’ reserves run out, they would only cover 80%-90% of benefits.  Administrators warn that despite this week’s positive news, the long-term trend may still require changes in how the programs are funded and paid out to keep them solvent past the next 10-12 years.

Medicare, Social Security See Gains The “go-broke” dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back thanks to an improving economy, according to the programs’ annual trustees report. Medicare will now be able to pay full benefits through 2036, five years later than previously estimated. Social Security will be fully solvent until 2035, a year later than estimated. When the funds’ reserves run out, they would only cover 80%-90% of benefits.  Administrators warn that despite this week’s positive news, the long-term trend may still require changes in how the programs are funded and paid out to keep them solvent past the next 10-12 years.

No doubt you've heard this before, on your Twitter or Facebook, or among your friends: "Social Security isn't an entitlement, it's an earned benefit!" See, for example, this The Hill opinion piece from late October, the title of which contains the entire thesis: "Treat Social Security the way President Roosevelt intended, as an insurance program not an entitlement." The author, Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.), laments that "Republicans have tried to privatize [Social Security and Medicare and] label it as a welfare or entitlement program." And as of this writing, a Google search pulls up numerous recent instances of recent letters-to-the-editor, such as this one at the East Oregonian ("The GOP leadership has started referring to Social Security and Medicare as “entitlements” . . . but . . . these are benefits we have earned and paid for with deductions from our paychecks . . . . They are not gifts."), the Dayton Observer ("It’s their money, not a gift or entitlement from the government."), and another at the Lynchberg News & Advance, ("Social Security is not entitlement programs [sic] (nor is Medicare); rather that it is a program that folks have paid into all their working lives."). Of course, that's all a bit silly. An "entitlement," as a type of federal spending, is a government program in which recipients automatically receive benefits that they're eligible for based on the applicable legislation. Social Security is an entitlement because everyone who meets the eligibility criteria (40 "quarters" of eligible earnings) is entitled to a benefit. No one is dependent on Congress to appropriate spending every year in order to receive their Social Security checks. https://lnkd.in/dQqGiyBa https://lnkd.in/dmwdZeYx