is it going to be insolvent in the next 12 years? dying, no. the program still gonna be there. it s going to work. absolutely. the trust funds are facing insolvency. the first point of the discussion has to be kind of a realistic framing. which is we do have to make changes to social security. there should be zero debate about the fact that changes have to be made one. today 35-year-olds are hitting retirement age. the program is not gonna have enough money to pay full benefits. if we do nothing, there will be across the board 20% or more benefit cuts for everyone. down to the depends on the program for all of her retirement benefits. that s not a good option. there should be no disagreement we have to make changes to social security. there s plenty legitimate disagreement is what should we do to make the program solvent again. you re talking about one option with the senator. a number different ways and that s why i think the real fate should be. number gonna do nothing. which whi
medicare and i ll protect you. harris: in september the washington post fact checker gave that claim four pinocchios. do you support cutting back on medicare benefits or reducing social security payments in order to keep the program solvent? no. i don t know one republican that does. harris: fox business anchor david asman. disinformation is a word you heard the administration throw around a lot. now they re using disinformation on the campaign trail. this is the original commitment to america. you can see the logo at the top. somebody took this logo and put it on a photo piece. they photo shopped the logo and put it on misinformation suggesting that republicans were going to tear up social security. that s exactly where it came
so the president sees florida as the ideal backdrop for his message that if republicans win, they will slash social security and medicare. biden has been flashing economies of rick scott s proposal that would put those entitlement programs up for a vote every five years. it s had some success putting the gop on defense. you ve been paying social security your whole life. you earned it. now these guys want to take it away. who in the hell do they think they are? i m going to fight like hell to make sure we preserve medicare and social security. do you support reducing social security payments in order to keep the program solvent? no, i don t know one republican that does. but biden s appearance in florida is seen that evidence that he has limited sway with voters. neither candidate he is stumping for is likely to win.
officials are describing proposals. i m going to fight like hell to make sure we preserve medicare and social security. do you support cutting social security payments to keep the program solvent. no, i don t one republican that does. republicans are saying one thing, democrats another thing about the same thing. the republican platform, and at this point in an election cycle, the president s most precious commodity is his time and white house officials told us a little while ago president biden is planning to use some of his time in the remaining days to travel to california s 49th district, the san diego area to campaign friday on behalf of congressman mike levin, john. john: he s doing some travelling, not sure why he s in florida, a lot of people are scratching their heads about that.
consumers, but i want to ask the next question can we finish that. dana, it cut $280 billion out of medicare. that means we ll have fewer lifesaving drugs, cut $280 billion out of medicare. it didn t cut benefits. it will reduce life saving drugs. if you cut $280 billion out of medicare, something is going to happen. come on? we can debate that for a long time. i want to focus on you and republicans and what you want to do. do you support raising the eligibility age for medicare and social security? no. do you support cutting back on medicare benefits or reducing social security payments in order to keep the program solvent? no, and i don t know one republican that does. and i know joe biden proposed he believed in these things. he said it publicly when he was