supporting each worker will have to support 80% more seniors than they do today. that means either benefit cuts or unsustainable tax increases in social security and medicare. in fact, his efforts to radically reduce legal immigration is a direct danger to the long-term economic security of his older white base, and that, i think, is a paradox that s not been part of this conversation, but by empowering the parts of the republican caucus in the house, all of whom from areas with few immigrants, which is an important point, he is making it tougher for a deal to come together and ultimately they will have to determine whether they are willing to report daca recipients at a time when something like 80% or 90% of americans support that option. going to bring you in, you disappeared from our screen for a moment. nice to have you back. the new york times editorial board pulled no punches with its op-ed. the headline says, trump flushes away america s
do you know the status of your job, will your job likely be saved? senior-wise, my job is i m 150 from the top of the seniority list. so my job is saved. it s the other people, i m not sure i know there are 1400 of us in there. i keep hearing about 1,000 people s jobs have been saved. so i don t want to see anybody lose their jobs at all. but, you know, we have to give and take on both sides. and when you re looking at losing 1400 jobs versus 400 jobs and retaining 1,000, i think that is a pretty good ratio of jobs being kept off this deal. i know that you mentioned the give and take here. but if part of the giving means that you will see pay or benefit cuts, do you see that as a
funds are going to run out of money. will you, as president, consider a grand bargain, a deal that includes both tax increases and benefit cuts to try to save both programs? well, chris, i am record as saying we need to put more money into social security trust fund. that s part of my commitment to raise taxes on the wealthy. my social security payroll contribution will go up as will donald s assuming he can t figure out how to get out of it, but what we want to do is such a nasty woman. replenish the trust fund by making sure we have sufficient resources, and that will come from either raising the cap and/or finding other ways to get more money into it. i will not cut benefits. i want to enhance benefits for low-income workers and for women who have been disadvantaged by the current social security system. but what donald is proposing with these massive tax cuts will
tougher on trade even then. i ve been waiting for years. nobody does it right. frankly, now we re going to do it right. the one last area i want to get into with you in the debate is the fact that the biggest driver of our debt is entitlements, which is 60% of all federal spending. the committee for a responsible federal budget has looked at both of your plans. they say neither of you has a serious plan that is going to solve the fact that medicare is going to run out of money in the 2020s, social security is going to run out of money in the 2030s, and at that time, recipients are going to take huge cuts in their benefits. in fact, the final question i want to ask you in this regard is and let me start with you, mr. trump. would president trump make a deal to save medicare and social security that included both tax increases and benefit cuts in effect a grand bargain on entitlements? i m cutting taxes. we re going to grow the economy. it s going to grow in a record
including with nukes. south korea with nukes? south korea is right next door. just so you understand. but that s having a nuclear arms race in the korean peninsula. you already have it, chris. and the final question in last night s debate was on entitlement reform. hep ev even amid the policy discussion, the debate got, for lack of a better word, nasty. would president trump make a deal to save medicare and social security that included both tax increases and benefit cuts, in effect a grand bargain on entitlements? i m cutting taxes. we re going to grow the economy. it s going to grow at a record rate. that s not going to help sbi entitlements. it s going to totally help you. another thing we have to do is repeal and replace the disaster known as obamacare. it s destroying our country. it s destroying our businesses, our small business and big businesses. i am on record as saying that we need to put more money into social security trust fund. that s part of my commi