Trump is an idiot. He has said all along he would not touch Social Security. In an election year, expressing the desire to FIX Social Security and Medicare is a guarantee for him not being elected.
Seniors are the ones that vote, and he better retract these comments or he is kaput.
And the fact is, many people in America are living on the minimum payout of Social Security. I have known a number of folks doing so, and living to an old age by the way.
When Social Security was started in the mid 30s, life expectancy was 59, and they based the age 65 on the German Railroad Retirement Program. So, the average person was dead before being able to collect a dime. Now, the average person is living to be 78, and we have lowered the age to collect to 62(although a reduced amount).
The time has come to end the early ability to collect Social Security. Presently, it is age 67 to collect full SS. I say push that back to age 70, and open up the ability to fund individual accounts.
Trump with his big mouth better zip it on Social Security and Medicare.
And frankly, I bitterly resent the fact that refugees that never paid a dime into the system receive a greater sum than folks that paid into Social Security all their lives. Just plain wrong. Again, I am tired of Washington and their endless ability to ignore the American people.