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Byron Donalds: “Social Security and Medicare, they both go insolvent in…”

Featuring: Byron Donalds, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 19

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Published | Video Starts at 40:09

So they should actually follow their own rules. At the end of the day, when you talk about the big programs in our country, Social Security and Medicare, they both go insolvent in about eight years. Federal law says that when they go insolvent, there is an automatic benefit cut because you have to rebalance the programs. (40:09–40:15)

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Asserts that Social Security and Medicare will become insolvent in about eight years.

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