And unless you're bending that healthcare cost curve, doesn't matter. You can't cut enough. You just cannot cut enough. Medicare continues to skyrocket. Remember, once again, 100% of the next 30 years of debt, 75% is the shortfall in Medicare, 25% is the shortfall [if we backfill] Social Security. the rest of the budget, it actually has a small positive balance because we historically have been holding most discretionary flat. Now there's a whole bunch of stuff in government I think we need to get rid of. (1:06:37–1:06:47)
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Asserts that future debt is primarily due to Medicare and Social Security shortfalls.
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