Thus, the paychecks tend to be bigger for the less capable. That’s exactly the opposite of what we should be doing.” [Donald Trump, Crippled America, 2015] TRUMP SUGGESTED TEACHERS SHOULD BE ARMED IN SCHOOLS Donald Trump Said Teachers Would Be Better Off During School Shootings If They Were Armed. “The 2016 GOP front-runner also weighed in on whether teachers should carry guns - his fellow presidential candidate Ben Carson said kindergarten teachers who are properly trained should - saying: ‘Assuming they knew how to use the weapon, which hopefully they would, you would've been a lot better when this maniac walked into class, starting to shoot people.’” [CBS News, 10/11/15] HIGHER ED Trump Blamed Increasing High Education Costs On College Loans And College Presidents’ Salaries. “Donald Trump criticized the increasing cost of college and blamed the interest rates charged for federal student loans and the salaries paid to college presidents. “[Donald Trump] said, ‘These colleges, they’re going through the roof. Why are they going up so much? … ‘I think one of the reasons they’re going through the roof, very simply, is these college loans given out by the United States.’ He said they need to bring interest rates down because ‘the kids can’t afford it.’ He’ll make sure that graduates get jobs, he said. And he said, ‘You look at the salaries paid to the heads of colleges, it’s like they’re running a business — a real business, a big business. ‘And we have to stop, we have to stop that from happening.’” [Washington Post, 12/2/15] Trump Said The Government Should Not Be Making Money Off Of Student Loans. “Donald Trump says he’s the best presidential candidate to help millennials, promising jobs for students drowning in student debt. ‘One of the biggest questions I get is from people in college [about student loans],’ he told The Hill in a wide-ranging interview. ‘They’re in college — they’re doing well but they’ve got student loans up to the neck. They’re swimming in these loans.’ The 2016 contender said that college students swarm him at campuses where he speaks asking him for jobs. He criticized the federal government for earning a profit from federal student loans, a point Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) frequently raises. ‘That’s probably one of the only things the government shouldn’t make money off — I think it’s terrible that one of the only profit centers we have is student loans,’ Trump said.” [The Hill, 7/23/15] ENTITLEMENTS TRUMP OPPOSED CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE Trump Did Not Support Cuts To Medicare Or Social Security. “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] Confidential Page 113