The Republican nominee-in-waiting said that “there’s a lot you can do in terms of cutting” when pressed on CNBC about the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opened the door Monday to “cutting” spending under Social Security and Medicare, drawing swift pushback from President Joe Biden and elevating a key policy battle in the 2024 election.

Phoning into CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Trump was pressed on how he plans to resolve the long-term solvency problems of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

“So first of all, there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting,” Trump responded. “And in terms of, also, the theft and the bad management of entitlements — tremendous bad management of entitlements — there’s tremendous amounts of things and numbers of things you can do.”

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    8 months ago

    US worker: pays into Social Security with every hour of labor

    CNBC: how do we rich people claw back these “entitlements”?

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    If social security is cut, can I get all the money I put into it back? Because I’d have a sizeable retirement rather than losing all that money to the ether.

    Fucking stupid.

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      If social security is cut, can I get all the money I put into it back?

      The social security cut will be coupled with a tax cut. And you’ll be told to invest the difference in the stock market

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        The social security cut will be coupled with a tax cut for the rich. And you’ll be told to just be grateful the “job creators” blessed you with technically-slightly-better-than-slave wages you can spend renting your home from them

        FTFY

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          The social security cut will be coupled with a tax cut for the rich

          Nah, Republicans aren’t quite that stupid. They’ll throw out a $200 increase to the child tax credit for six months or an increase in the standard deduction. Everyone (who isn’t already zeroed out by the last round of tax cuts) will get a taste.

          And you’ll be told to just be grateful the “job creators” blessed you with technically-slightly-better-than-slave wages you can spend renting your home from them

          This record low unemployment is, unironically, the right-wing technocrat’s wet dream. Everybody kicking and clawing for a seat at the table in a market that’s very easy to enter and very unsteady to climb. It really is the War Of All Against All out there. Survival of the Whitest Fittest. Real Social Darwinism Hours.

          You, too can gamble on Bitcoins / Sports Betting, win big, and pull together enough money to become a landlord, so you can tell the next generation to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.

          Or gamble and lose and just fucking die, to thereby decrease the surplus population.

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    You know who’s really going to understand retirement? The rich guy who inherited millions from his daddy and famously likes to stiff the working class folks he hires.

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    That makes me think of the two pro Trump ladies on the Channel 5 video that were complaining about social security being too low. I’m sure their reaction will be “But it won’t affect me, only cheaters!”

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      I used to love Channel 5 and Andrew but haven’t been able to bring myself to watch since any of the allegations against him came out.

      Has he made any sort of indication that he has learned and changed from that experience or has it just been business as normal since he started making content again?

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        Yeah, he made a statement I think on Twitter or somewhere apologizing and recognizing his wrongdoing. Whether it was sincere or not, I dunno

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          What were the allegations?

          Edit: eww, read his wiki

          In January 2023, two women posted TikTok videos accusing Callaghan of trying to pressure them into having sex with him. A reporter at The Stranger then interviewed two other women who alleged that Callaghan tried to pressure them into having sex with him and made them uncomfortable. On January 12, his legal representative responded to the allegations in a statement released to Variety, saying in part: “Conversations about pressure and consent are extremely important and Andrew wants to have these conversations, so he can continue to learn and grow. While every dynamic is open to interpretation and proper communication is critical from all those involved, repeated requests for money should not be part of these conversations.”

          On January 15, Callaghan responded to the allegations in a YouTube video, stating that some of the allegations about him are “not true” or “missing important contextual information” but apologizing for his behavior and revealing plans to attend therapy and Alcoholics Anonymous. On February 28, The Stranger published an additional story with two more women accusing Callaghan of sexual assault and coercion that took place at Loyola University in 2017. Callaghan’s legal representative said, “Andrew has taken accountability for his role in other situations and will be the first to admit his shortcomings; however, these accusations go further and are completely without merit. Andrew will utilize every option he has in order to clear his name and protect his reputation.”

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      I’ve seen plenty of conservatives insist that investments pay back better than SS. Therefore, all retirement should be privatized and invested in the stock market.

      I’ve never really seen why they are wro- 40% market dip OH SHIT OH FUCK OH NO!

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        Yeah, you’re highly reliant on your personal ability to control yourself and actually invest that money without ever taking it out AND investing it right so your plan doesn’t blow up in your face just at you’re about to retire.

        So a universal system is better.

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      It’s the Dan Crenshaw Gambit.

      “We need to cut social security for everyone under 55 so we can keep it going for everyone over 55”.

      And then let them fight.