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President Trump Prepares To Unveil A People’s Budget…
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | Feb. 27, 2017 | Sundance

Posted on 02/27/2017 5:38:31 PM PST by HarleyLady27

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To: Pollster1
Then we do need to cut entitlements. I just don't want to start with that fight.

Apparently neither does Trump. He has ruled out any entitlement cuts.

21 posted on 02/28/2017 3:44:26 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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Apparently neither does Trump. He has ruled out any entitlement cuts.

Good call . . . for now. Cut entitlements in President Trump's second term, and do it very thoughtfully. We need to raise the Social Security retirement age even further. It's ramping up to 67 instead of 67, and that needs to rise to at least 70. We need to make social security disability much harder to get and re-screen annually for most people on SSI. My relatives who are blind, missing one or more limbs, and otherwise facing real physical problems all work; they should not be supporting deadbeats who choose not to work.

When we cut entitlements, it needs to be done thoughtfully. The democrats will freak out and use it as an excuse to shriek that republicans want to starve Granny. We need clear ground rules: those already on social security retirement will not be affected. Those close to retirement (within ten years?) will similarly be exempt. The rest of us will be relieved that it's going to be fixed and last until we are eligible. Good ground rules will keep older voters from panicking and actually believing democrats told the truth for the first time in decades.

22 posted on 02/28/2017 5:30:04 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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