Trump: We’ll Cut Department of Education So We Don’t Have to Cut Entitlements

‘If we negotiated the price of drugs, joe, we’d save $300 billion a year’

i know we've got to go to the studio audience. i wish we had three hours, we don't. i've got to dig into a couple of things you've said really quickly. you talk about the $19 trillion national debt. if i listen to the people i've been listening to for years on these issues, they tell us that your policies would add another $10, $11 trillion to the national debt. >> they're wrong. >> how are they wrong? >> the taxes will bring jobs back and we'll bring jobs back big league and have a dynamic economy again. last quarter, we have no growth. >> are you going to cut spending? >> i'm going to cut spending big league. >> where? >> so many -- department of education. we're going to cut department of education. we spend more money per pupil than any country in the world by far and we're ranked number 30 in the world. you have all of these countries, whether it's -- >> bless you. >> i thought she -- she sneezed. >> it wasn't a protester. >> you're so used to protesters, somebody sneezed and you're ready to throw them out. >> that was a healthy sneeze. she's a healthy person. but you look at -- we're number 30 in the world, department of education. that's because i said we're going to -- >> but back to balancehe budget. you've got to look at entitlements too, do you not? >> what we're going to do more than anybody else, we're going to cut. we're going to cut tremendous amounts of money. let me give you an example. drug companies. now, you take somebody like woody johnson, good guy, johnson & johnson. these people are in charge of, meaning woody, is in charge of jeb bush's campaign finance, okay? he's the head of campaign financing. jeb bush raised $148 million, total waste of money. he might as well throw it out the window. wouldn't it be nice instead of running a failed campaign he gave it to the wounded warriors or gave it to somebody. but the problem is we don't negotiate -- we're the largest drug producer -- largest drug buyer in the world. we don't negotiate. we don't negotiate. you pay practically the same for the country as if you go into a drugstore and buy the drugs. if we negotiated the price of drugs, joe, we'd save $300 billion a year. now these candidates, i self-fund, i'm going to do it. these candidates are all controlled by the drug companies, the lumber companies, they're never going to do that. they're never going to do it. there's tremendous fat -- joe, there's tremendous fat in our budgets. beyond belief. but the candidates are all controlled by the people that make money off the fat. >> really quickly and i know i've got to go to the audience, but entitlement reform, social security, medicare and medicaid. >> right. >> combined are going to consume every dime that goes to washington, d.c. >> waste, fraud and abuse. >> well, that's not going to take care of it. >> it's a huge number. waste, fraud -- >> what about raising the retirement age. >> i'm not going to do that. >> people are living older than they ever have. >> i'm not doing that. waste, fraud and abuse is massive in social security, medicare and medicaid. >> why wouldn't you raise the retirement age if people are getting older and living longer and longer. >> i don't want to do it. i don't want to do it. number one, i don't want to do it and number two, the democrats aren't going to do it. the republicans do have to get elected, you know that. if you watch bere and if you watch hillary, they not only want to not cut, they want to increase social security. i'm not doing it for that ...

 

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