On Tuesday President Trump will give his first State of the Union
speech. It’s an excellent opportunity for him to re-affirm one of his most important campaign promises: not to cut Social Security and Medicare.
via Huffington Post.
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BREAKING NEWS:
Tom Leppert, the former mayor of Dallas who, it was announced Monday, is a member of Donald Trump’s “landing team” for the Social Security Administration, once released a plan calling for the privatization of Social Security and Medicare.
via CNN MONEY.
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- The problem for President-elect Trump is that the American people fully
expect his administration to now keep that campaign
promise. Unfortunately, preserving Medicare and Social Security benefits
could be among the first of his promises to go. Trump and Republican
leaders in Congress have vowed the repeal of the Affordable Care Act will be one of their first acts.
First to go: Traditional Medicare will be shredded when the Affordable Care Act is repealed.
As the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare noted, “destroying traditional Medicare in favor of a privatized CouponCare system is at the top of the Republican agenda.” Paul Ryan has long had the program in his sights and while President-Elect Donald Trump has sent mixed messages about what he specifically plans to do, his standard blanket answer of “it will be better” hasn’t assuaged many fears.
via Huffington Post.
Related Reading:
- The Trump Conundrum: He Can’t Keep His Promise to Seniors While Also Repealing Obamacare.
- The problem for President-elect Trump is that the American people fully
expect his administration to now keep that campaign
promise. Unfortunately, preserving Medicare and Social Security benefits
could be among the first of his promises to go.
MAYBE YOU THOUGHT that when Donald Trump was running for president and promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, he meant he’d refuse to reduce the benefits Americans are entitled to under the three programs.
It looks more and more like that wasn’t true at all…
…However, Max Richtman, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, was willing to address the issue. “The reality for Social Security beneficiaries receiving a smaller social security check,” says Richtman, “or seniors paying more for Medicare than under current law, is a painfully obvious cut and would be contrary to President Trump’s repeated campaign promises.”
via The Intercept.
We have been keeping track of President Trump and his administration’s actions on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare.
Click here to view the Trump Timeline.
Mulvaney, who supports Social Security and Medicare reforms, told CNBC ‘we’re working on’ persuading Trump to embrace entitlement reform, including changes to Social Security Disability Insurance.
We roundly reject Trump’s 2019 budget. After signing off on tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations, the president proposes to cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance – and myriad other programs that help older Americans.
Read more from our response by clicking here.
Republicans have removed all doubt: When it comes to the federal deficit, the problem is Medicare and Social Security — not their own tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.
Fresh off the news that the deficit is increasing under President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Bloomberg News that Congress should target Social Security and Medicare for cuts to address the growing federal debt.
The federal deficit grew by nearly $800 billion over the first fiscal year of Trump’s presidency, during which the Republican Congress passed a tax cut targeted mostly to corporations and the wealthy, which is projected to add more than $1 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years.
The White House and GOP leaders promised that despite all projections to the contrary, the tax cuts would pay for themselves. That hasn’t materialized so far.
via Vox.
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Social Security is self-funded and does not contribute to the debt.
In fact, tax expenditures – especially the Trump/GOP tax cuts – are the number one drivers of the debt, not Social Security or Medicare.
On Monday, President Donald Trump unveiled the second budget proposal of his presidency, encompassing proposals affecting defense and non-defense funding for government agencies, tax changes, and funding for social insurance and assistance programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps.
The budget broadly resembles the budget Trump released last year, and both closely follow budget plans put forward by House Speaker Paul Ryan when he was the House Budget Committee chair. Ryan’s previous budget proposals featured trillions in cuts to programs for the poor. While Trump largely leaves the non-disability portions of Social Security unscathed, and boosts funding for border security, veterans, and defense, he cuts just about everything else — including Medicare, which was largely spared in the fiscal year 2018 budget.
via VOX.
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President Trump released an FY 2019 budget today proposing deep spending reductions for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and myriad other federal programs that help older Americans, the poor, and people with disabilities.
Read more about the President’s budget by clicking here.
For many months on the campaign trail, Donald Trump sent a clear message about his fellow Republicans: Ideologically, I’m not one of them. This wasn’t just true on trade, but also on safety-net programs that protect, among others, low-income whites. President Trump, he said, won’t let people die in the streets and will protect Medicare and Social Security from those heartless Paul Ryan types who are forever salivating at the chance to slash them to ribbons.
via Washington Post.
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- What is the Working Class?
- While America’s working class is highly diverse in age, occupation and
income, they share a common thread: a percentage of their wages (up to
$127,200) is contributed each payday towards Social Security and
Medicare coverage to help protect them in the event of their retirement,
disability or death. For the majority of today’s working class, they
correctly view their Social Security and Medicare as earned benefits.
And for most, these benefits will constitute the greater part of their
health and financial security.
Donald Trump said repeatedly on the campaign trail that he would not cut Social Security or Medicare, and in his first budget as president, he is sticking to that promise. But congressional Republicans don’t believe Trump will stand by his pledge forever ― in fact, they’re counting on him to break it.
via Huffington Post.
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- Trump Snubs Seniors in Speech to Congress.
- He did not even utter the words “Social Security” or “Medicare” in his entire hour-long address.
Flashback Post:
via The Mercury News.
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We have been keeping track of President Trump and his administration’s actions on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care.