Jan 27, 2011 ... "The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don' t cut defense," Conrad said. "That's 84 percent of the federal budget. If you can't  touch 84 percent of the federal budget -- and, by the way, they also don't want to  touch revenue -- you're down to 16 percent of the budget at a ...
Aug 18, 2015 ... Social Security has developed into one of the most popular federal programs,  though that popularity is tempered by concern over its long-term financial outlook.  ... The taxes paid by today's workers and their employers don't go into dedicated  individual accounts (although 32% of Americans think they do, ...
The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don' t cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget. Kent Conrad · American,  People, Budget · When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax  cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is for  ...
Q. Is that not the first step to privatizing Social Security? The President. Well, I don 't think he would say that that's the inevitable goal, but it has certain aspects there.  But the people are concerned about Social Security. So, when you have  innovative thinking of that nature, I don't want to just gun it down. I am not going to  ...
May 22, 2017 ... “[Trump] said, 'I promised people on the campaign I would not touch their  retirement and we would not touch their Medicare,' and we don't do it,” Mulvaney  said. According to budget documents, proposed cuts to federal employee  retirement programs would save the government around $4 billion in fiscal ...
The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget.