SOCIAL SECURITY TRUMP: WEALTHY AMERICANS SHOULD WILLINGLY GIVE UP THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS Donald Trump Said Rich Americans Should Voluntarily Forgo Their Social Security Benefits. “Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said he and his rich pals should ‘voluntarily’ forgo their Social Security benefits to bolster the health of the retiree entitlement system, declaring ‘I don’t need mine, by the way.’ At a multi-candidate presidential forum in New Hampshire on Monday, Mr. Trump said that for the good of the country, rich taxpayers should sacrifice the benefits from the entitlement system into which they had paid throughout their professional lives. ‘I have friends that are worth hundreds of millions and billions of dollars and get Social Security. They don’t even know the check comes in,’ said Mr. Trump at the nonpartisan No Labels forum.” [Washington Wire Blog, Wall Street Journal, 10/12/15] TRUMP OPPOSED CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND BELIEVED IT COULD BE SAVED THROUGH A “REALLY DYNAMIC ECONOMY” Politifact Gave A “False” Rating To Donald Trump’s Claim That His Tax Plan – Which Included His Promise Not To Cut Social Security And Medicare – Would Not Increase The Deficit. “Trump said his tax plan would not increase the deficit. Free market-oriented and liberal groups alike say Trump’s tax plan would lead to a $10 trillion revenue loss, even if it did create economic growth. Since Trump has said he will not slash retirement programs like Social Security and Medicare, experts doubt that any spending cuts he made would result in a revenue-neutral tax plan. We rate Trump’s claim False.” [PolitiFact, 11/5/15] Trump Did Not Support Cuts To Medicare Or Social Security And Claimed He Knew Where To Get The Money From While Nobody Else Did. “Do not cut Social Security or Medicare benefits. Grow the economy to save those programs. The real estate tycoon told CPAC in 2013 that Republicans should not cut Social Security or Medicare because most Americans want to keep the benefits as they stand now. His solution is unclear, but he has indicated that general economic growth would play a role. Trump tweeted in May that he knows ‘where to get the money from’ and ‘nobody else does.’” [PBS, 6/16/15] Trump: We’re Going To Bring Jobs Back To The United States And Make The Country Rich Again So That We Will Be Able To Afford Social Security. TRUMP: “We're going have to bring jobs back to the country. We're going to make the country rich again and we'll going to be able to afford the entitlements, because if you -- I don't want to do that. I'm not cutting Social Security. You know, people have been cut Social Security, cut Medicare.” [Hannity, Fox News, 11/3/15] Trump Said It Would Be “Very Simple” To Save Social Security By Making A “Really Dynamic Economy” That Would Bring Back Jobs From Japan, China, And Mexico. HARWOOD: “Governor Bush, Mr. Trump says that he is capable of growing the economy so much that Social Security and Medicare don't have to be touched. Do you want to Confidential Page 114