Rubio Talks Medicare, Job Training, Immigration at St. A’s
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., spoke extensively about his priorities for moving America forward in the 21st century…While quick to point out that he would not do away with programs like Medicare or Social Security – both of which his mother relies on – Rubio said entitlement programs need restructuring. “I’ve accepted, and my generation needs to accept, that our Social Security and Medicare is still going to be the best thing in the world, but it’s going to be different than our parents’,” he said. Rubio said the country needed “executive leadership” to reform entitlement programs for the 21st century. “This President has never invested any political capital in reforming those programs,” he said, adding that President Obama’s response to Sen. Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal was to “attack Republicans.” Rubio said he had been discussing Medicare and Social Security reform since campaigning for his Senate seat for Florida, which has a high population of residents receiving both. Read More…