I have not seen this mentioned. But, obviously anything regarding Social Security mobilizes a lot of the elderly.
And warranted or not things happening under trump will be glued to him in 2020.
That probably makes this headline significant because the year is the Election year. Candidates will be able to say “This year for the first time Social Security:
“ total cost is expected to exceed its total income in 2020 and continue that way through 2093. This is two years later than projected in last year's report.
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Social Security's trust funds will be tapped out by 2035, according to an annual report released Monday by trustees of the government's two largest entitlement programs, the other being Medicare. That's one year later than last year's report projected.
The repuplican leadership issuing this report were certainly aware of the optics/opportunity to create partisan messaging. They discussed Medicare costs and included in the report itself:
"Instead of trying to expand Medicare into a universal entitlement that even covers wealthy Americans of working age, as some have proposed, we need to fulfill Medicare's promise to our seniors," Azar said, noting that the President wants to extend Medicare's solvency by lowering prescription drug costs and basing provider payments on value rather than on services rendered.
I would imagine Republicans really could care less in reality about SS. But, their voters do.
In fact, senior citizens are his strongest demographic. In polls, voters over 65 tend to be the only age group he wins: In surveys conducted for The Atlantic by the Public Religion Research Institute, for example, Hillary Clinton led Trump in every age group under 65, but he beat her by a slight margin with those 65 or older.
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- 92 percent of registered likely voters over 50 surveyed by AARP said the candidates’ positions on strengthening and reforming Social Security are important to them.
- 95 percent of boomers and 89 percent of Gen Xers told AARP and the Association of Young Americans it’s important Social Security be there for them when they retire. While 70 percent of boomers said they’re confident Social Security will be there when they retire, only 41 percent of Gen Xers thought it would be there for them.
- 70 percent of boomers and Gen Xers said they think the government should “immediately” do something to strengthen Social Security for the future
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If trump survives to 2020 perhaps this will be one more drip in eroding his “Old White” base?