2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDoes anybody have a link for Trump/Ryan's plans on Social Security and Medicare?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)MiniMe
(21,716 posts)that, and I can't find the links.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)MiniMe
(21,716 posts)NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)And it was ridiculous...just a few non-descript/non-policy words and then a full on rant about immigration, a wall and security.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)are extremely rich and don't need either one.
Unlike the vast majority of us.
Oh, and those who think the current minimum wage is too high have NEVER in their miserable lives worked for minimum wage.
I have.
NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)Question: If you are elected president, some 10,000 Americans will turn 65 every day of your administration and beyond. How are you planning for this significant demographic wave? Can you start by talking about where Social Security falls on your priority list?
Answer: Social Security will provide the full and complete benefits promised to seniors. Ensuring that Americans receive the benefits they have earned is high on my priority list.
That was his answer, lol.
ooky
(8,923 posts)ooky
(8,923 posts)This is Ryan's latest complete agenda for America. Click on health care for Medicare.
This one completely leaves out Social Security. I guess that's because he doesn't want to advertise that he is going to steal it from us.
ColemanMaskell
(783 posts)It seems to have two write-ups, build the wall and healthcare reform.
It has more in the "policies" section, but I still don't see Social Security mentioned. Here's that link:
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/policies/
ColemanMaskell
(783 posts)ColemanMaskell
(783 posts)Social Security
2016 Election Candidate Watch
Donald Trump (R)
The key to preserving Social Security is to have an economy that is robust and growing.
I will work with Congress to pass and implement a comprehensive tax reform plan. Aside from dramatically streamlining personal income tax by removing carve outs for special interests and reducing the number of brackets, we will also seek to eliminate the alternative minimum tax and the death tax. The centerpiece of our tax reform efforts will be on the corporate side where we will lower the rate to 15%, allow repatriation of offshore capital at 10%, stop taxing returned earnings from overseas that have already been taxed and allowing 100% expensing for businesses. These reforms will apply to all business enterprises, not just the largest corporate giants.
We will need to renegotiate trade deals and impose budget discipline so that we can stop this reckless behavior that continues to increase our debt.
We will move to repeal Dodd-Frank and the Affordable Care Act so as to bring market forces to bear that will increase competition and lower costs to consumers.
We will finally mount a campaign to attack fraud, waste and abuse in the government and will examine reducing the size of the federal workforce.
Immigration reform will also allow us to save hundreds of billions of dollars a year in education, healthcare and public safety costs while at the same time we will be increasing our security and lowering the threat of drugs in our society.
If we are able to sustain growth rates in GDP that we had as a result of the Kennedy and Reagan tax reforms, we will be able to secure Social Security for the future. As our demography changes, a prudent administration would begin to examine what changes might be necessary for future generations. Our goal is to keep the promises made to Americans through our Social Security program.