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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:23 AM Oct 2018

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Trump, from AP interview: "I'm leaving Social Security. I'm not touching Social Security."

AP: Mitch McConnell said he wants to consider entitlement reform.

Trump: Wants to consider what?

AP: Entitlement reform — changes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.

Trump: That I haven’t heard.

AP: OK.

Trump: I haven’t heard that. I’m leaving Social Security. I’m not touching Social Security.

https://apnews.com/a28cc17d27524050b37f4d91e087955e

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Trump, from AP interview: "I'm leaving Social Security. I'm not touching Social Security." (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2018 OP

He knows he doesn't have to. raging moderate Oct 2018 #1

tRUmp lies. Why believe anything that comes out of his trap? eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2018 #2

Boy, what a relief.. Permanut Oct 2018 #3

Notice he didn't say he's not touching Medicare and Medicaid. hedda_foil Oct 2018 #4

Yeah I noticed that workinclasszero Oct 2018 #7

He's going to replace the ACA with far better and cheaper also. Hortensis Oct 2018 #5

He does not have to do that but they will. Slowly erode all its worth. BSdetect Oct 2018 #6

raging moderate

(4,308 posts)

1. He knows he doesn't have to.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:28 AM

Oct 2018

Mitch and cohorts will do it for him.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

2. tRUmp lies. Why believe anything that comes out of his trap? eom

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:31 AM

Oct 2018

Permanut

(5,628 posts)

3. Boy, what a relief..

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:35 AM

Oct 2018

Silly me, I thought maybe Social Security was at risk, but now I have great comfort in knowing that it is safe forever and ever.

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)

4. Notice he didn't say he's not touching Medicare and Medicaid.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:40 AM

Oct 2018

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

7. Yeah I noticed that

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:55 AM

Oct 2018

And thank God, Trump promised not to touch social security because we all know how good Trump's word is......

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. He's going to replace the ACA with far better and cheaper also.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:40 AM

Oct 2018

All social policy experts know they're exploding the deficit to force cuts to all our big programs as a further step to repealing them altogether.

BSdetect

(8,999 posts)

6. He does not have to do that but they will. Slowly erode all its worth.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:55 AM

Oct 2018

So he can claim he is innocent and blame Obama etc etc

So he does not recognise what "entitlement reform" means?

Just playing coy?

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