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Drew Johnson: “Reducing some of the wasteful spending and putting that…”

Featuring: Drew Johnson, Libertarian-leaning Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Nevada, District 3

Nevada Newsmakers - Jul 4, 2024 - Drew Johnson, Republican Candidate for CD 3

Published July 4, 2024 | Video Starts at 19:50

So that's a portion that would take care of about 20% of the shortfall. The rest of the shortfall can be taken care of three ways. One is Reducing some of the wasteful spending and putting that money towards Social Security. which I'll be a leader in. Number two is if we change how Social Security inflation cola is figured, that will take care of most of the rest of it, quite frankly. (19:50–19:55)

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Asserts that reallocating wasteful spending to Social Security could help address its shortfall.

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“It's a seat that Republicans need for me to win in order for us to control the House majority, to retain the House majority.”
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“I have a lot of connections nationally that a lot of the candidates here in Nevada don't necessarily have.”
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“I'll have the resources that we need to take this fight to Susie Lee and ultimately flip the seat.”
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“I've saved taxpayers about $60 billion in my career.”
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“Government is too large, that taxes are too high, that government spends too much.”
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“I've been able to identify literally trillions of dollars in wasteful spending at the state federal and local level.”
Nevada Newsmakers - Jul 4, 2024 - Drew Johnson, Republican Candidate for CD 3 | Uploaded July 4, 2024 | 11:27-11:35
“If we don't get that under control in the next eleven years, we're going to have a 23% across the board cut to Social Security.”
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“In 2035, Social Security will be cut across the board, 23%.”
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“We're about 15 years away from the national debt being the biggest single expenditure for our country, more so than Social Security or…”
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“That's really one of the things that's driving inflation.”
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“The number of people on SSDI has doubled in recent years.”
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“The government has become too lenient with who gets put on SSDI.”
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“You could reduce benefits and encourage people to work.”
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“That would take care of about 20% of the shortfall.”
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“If we change how Social Security inflation cola is figured, that will take care of most of the rest of it.”
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“Suzie Lee, Joe Biden, these Democrats have obviously put our country at risk by these open borders policies that have brought in terrorists…”
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“Right now it's five, six years to legally immigrate.”
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“It's completely unconscionable for us to say we want immigrants, but it's five or six years to wait to come in legally.”
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“Almost a third of my district is first or second generation legal immigrants.”
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“These illegal immigrants that are being let in again by people like Susie Lee and Joe Biden are cutting line.”
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“Tens of millions of people are coming through illegally.”
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“The way that that is figured right now is really antiquated.”
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“It creates this sort of hyperinflation the way it's done now.”
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“If we can peg Social Security to a chain consumer price index, then it really reduces the cost of Social Security in the long term.”
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“We keep Social Security solvent so that we're not playing with retirement age and we're not cutting benefits.”
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