Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. We increased the age of retirement for people who are 55 years of age and younger by one to two years. And We also had lower benefit growth for high income people than for low income people. And on that basis, we balanced the spending for our entitlements. Then there's one more area and that's our discretionary spending. And in that area, you have to go through piece by piece and eliminate programs. (42:59–43:04)
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Asserts a proposal to have lower benefit growth for high-income individuals compared to low-income individuals.
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