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Remember when Trump promised he'd never cut Medicare or Social Security? Guess what?
His last budget proposal called for a total of $1.9 trillion in cost savings from mandatory safety-net programs, like Medicaid and Medicare. It also called for spending $26 billion less on Social Security programs, the federal retirement program, including a $10 billion cut to the Social Security Disability Insurance program, which provides benefits to disabled workers.
Spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is expected to cost the federal government more than $30 trillion through 2029, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Mr. Trump’s willingness to consider such cuts marks a shift from four years ago, when he stood out in a field of deficit-minded Republicans in the 2016 primary race with a promise to shield entitlements from cuts.
Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs
Those lavish tax cuts he got for himself and his friends, didn't "pay for themselves" as he said they would.
So someone has to pick up the tab. He thinks that retired people should be the ones to pay for the tax cuts.
Did anyone really believe he'd keep his word?
From the article:
Mr. Trump suggested that curbing spending on Medicare, the government health care program for the elderly, was a possibility.
“We’re going to look,” he said.
The interview left many questions unanswered, including whether Mr. Trump would consider touching Social Security or what part of Medicare he would be willing to shave.
This sure doesn't make it sound like he cut anything. However, even a reduced rate of increase in spending is now labeled as being a cut. But not even that has been done.
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