He’s MUCH MORE likely to get my vote if he keeps on talking about dismantling the welfare state. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SSDI, TANF, WIC, SNAP, etc. ALL must be eliminated.
And screw the 50 million older Americans who paid into it all their lives? Any plan has to take care of current retirees and those about to retire, while providing better options for younger people. Otherwise just default on the debt. I see no reason why foreign bondholders who voluntarily loaned money to the government should get priority over Americans whose money was taken from their paychecks involuntarily.
People don’t look at Medicare and Social Security as welfare because they have paid into it their whole lives (and these payments were extorted from them on penalty of jail, so it’s not like they had a choice). Not quite the same as going on food stamps or the dole.
He may get your vote for talking like that. But not a whole lot of others.
I’ve paid dearly for SS. Yes I have a pension, yes I have an IRA, but Social Security is a substantial part of our budget.
We paid for it. We had no choice. That same amount of money could have been put into a 401K and the payout would have been much greater.
Social Security IS NOT WELFARE!!
My wife is putting off getting her SS so it can grow. If they dismantle it, she and a whole lot others will never reap a penny. Only the government politician robbers will have benefited by using the fund to buy votes.
It used to be Trump, Cruz & Carson in that order.
Now it’s down to just Trump and Cruz. A benefit here is Trump and Cruz do not put me to sleep when they talk.
I don’t consider soctal security an entitlement...they have been stealing money from my check for 40 years...that is my money.