The Guardian (U.K.): on Social Security


Steve Mnuchin: Focus of Presidential budget is not cutting entitlements

Speaking on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures, Mnuchin, who has acknowledged that tax reform is his top policy priority, said the budget plan would not seek cuts to federal benefits programs known as "entitlements".

"We are not touching those now. So don't expect to see that as part of this budget, OK," Mnuchin said of the programs. "We are very focused on other aspects and that's what's very important to us. And that's the president's priority."

Source: The Guardian (UK) on 2017 Trump Cabinet Feb 26, 2017

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Protect Social Security; needs more study

Like Trump (and anyone wanting to get elected) he says he would protect Social Security and Medicare. But asked directly about raising taxes and whether Social Security faces bankruptcy, he dodges, claiming that to answer these straightforward policy questions, he would need to "study more"--something he never seems to feel when it comes to loudly claiming he knows more than epidemiologists about infectious diseases and more than neurologists about brain development.
Source: The Guardian on 2023 Presidential hopefuls Jun 14, 2023

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