Billionaire Commerce Secretary Says Seniors Wouldn't Mind Missing Social Security Checks
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Only a "fraudster" would complain if they missed a check, Howard Lutnick proclaimed.
President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick can’t stop putting his foot in his mouth.
In a podcast appearance Friday, Lutnick ― a billionaire Trump donor-turned-Cabinet member ― pontificated that seniors wouldn’t worry if they didn’t receive a Social Security check one month.
“Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out their checks this month. My mother-in-law, who’s 94, she wouldn’t call and complain. She just wouldn’t. She’d think something got messed up and she’ll get it next month,” Lutnick, who has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion, said on the “All-In” podcast.
He suggested that halting Social Security checks might be a good way to root out people trying to defraud the system.
“A fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming, yelling and complaining,” he said.
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