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Congressman John Larson Discusses Social Security, Medicare, and Tariffs on Community Focus in Bloomfield

Published June 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:46

And not being a member of the Cabinet, he didn't have to undergo Senate approval and acceptance, so he had to go through no hearings with respect to that. And he wasn't vetted. And he wasn't vetted at all. And he's a … Elon Musk is what's called a special volunteer, which is legal, but it has a limited amount of time. … is going to be on that. But he gave Elon Musk a charge, and his charge was to find $2 trillion in cuts that he would make. (01:46–01:53)

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“If you took all three of those agencies, the Department of Defense, Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, they comprise 70% of the…”
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“The last time Congress enhanced Social Security across the board, Richard Nixon was President of the United States.”
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“In every congressional district, all 435 of them, on a monthly basis, on average, districts get over $200 million that come in to people.”
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“70% of your tax cut goes to the nation's wealthiest 1%.”
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“Millionaires would get $89,000 in tax cuts.”
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“People making 50,000 and below, you get 72 cents a week.”
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“Trump, however, said, I'll determine what the time is going to be on that.”
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“Musk set out to say, okay, that's my job. And he, he hired all these young people to go in who are capable people, I'm sure, but their…”
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“The good news is that we were able to stop that, but not before they had done a lot of damage.”
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“Medicare [is] essentially the health care system for the elderly.”
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“There's only one agency of the three that has a trust fund that's Social Security.”
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“How about $2,700,000,000,000? So when they say they're looking at cuts, well, now this is the people's money.”
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“Has Social Security ever missed a payment? No.”
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“During that same time, Social Security never missed a payment.”
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“It provides for spouses, it provides for widows, it provides for children, and it also provides for the disabled.”
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“Social Security isn't essential because it provides the floor for all individuals.”
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“It's also the safety net for capitalism and entrepreneurialism.”
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“It hasn't been adjusted since 1971.”
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“It's very strong amongst Democrats, obviously, but the Republicans have been unwilling to take it up.”
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“The President has indicated that what he's going to do and he's flip flopped on this several times.”
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“The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that, hey listen, only Congress has the ability to do that [implement tariffs].”
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“Republicans control the House and the Senate and the presidency.”
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“These tariffs end up hurting major American industries, most notably agriculture and food.”
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“Their budget proposal [Republicans'] to give billionaires more tax cuts at the expense of working people.”
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“Republicans in their budget [are proposing] to cut [Medicare].”
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“Democrats submitted proposals again to stop the cuts to Medicare.”
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“They're making cuts to Medicare so they can pay billionaires more money.”
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“Republicans control the House and they control the Senate.”
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