re: Reuters: No cuts to entitlement/welfare programs in trump budget

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Social Security shouldn't be cut but actual welfare should take hits.

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To the extent that SSI operates as a welfare program, it needs to be reformed to make sure beneficiaries are actually disabled.

But that's not going to be enough to save Social Security. Not enough younger workers paying into the system to sustain it in its current form - same with Medicare. Likewise, cutting food stamps won't fix the budget either. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and interest on the debt are close to 80% of the budget and that's what's driving the debt.

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We pay into Social Security all of our adult lives. It's our money. It isn't entitlement or welfare.

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Math doesn't care how you feel. And math will eventually win.