if i m elected president, there will be no cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid. that is exactly what ryan has in mind and i challenge the president maybe for once in his life, keep the promises that you made, tell ryan and mitch mcconnell that you will veto any legislation that cuts social security, medicare and medicaid. it s obscene to give tax breaks to billionaires and then cut these programs that are life-and-death for the middle-class of this country. and the president as a candidate did repeatedly say no cuts to these entitlement programs, social security, medicare, and medicaid. he often said that, we know that the speaker has a very different perspective on those entitlement programs, a lot of conservative republicans do as well. the speaker was also on tv this morning and he also said this, listen to paul ryan, senator. the tax rate before this bill passes is 35%. that s the highest in the industrialized world. the rest of our competitors tax