He introduced budgets that reduced COSTS associated with the administration of Social Security and Medicare, not benefits paid to the elderly.
Government damn well better do something because in not many years the program is going to be insolvent and recipients are going to see a 20% across the board reduction in benefits according to the Social Security Administration
From CNBC
The financial future of the
more than 70 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits is slightly more secure than anticipated, according to the
agency's annual trustees report, released May 6: The trust fund reserves used to pay beneficiaries are projected to become insolvent in 2035, a year later than previously projected.
Social Security will still exist after 2035, according to the trustees' findings, but retirees will only receive 83% of their full benefits. Preventing that shortfall
requires congressional action and would likely involve trimming benefits or increasing the Social Security payroll tax.