Republicans advanced a sweeping resolution Thursday from the U.S. House Budget Committee that would gut crucial programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
FACT SHEET: Congressional Republicans' Many Proposals to Cut Social Security and Medicare, and Increase Prescription Drug Prices and Health Care Premiums
www.whitehouse.gov
Congressional Republicans' long record of working to cut Medicare, Social Security:
Senator Mike Lee said: "One thing that you probably haven't ever heard from a politician: it will be my objective to phase out Social Security. To pull it up by the roots, and get rid of it."
In November, John Thune, the number two Senate Republican in leadership, declared that Social Security and Medicare benefits should be slashed.
Florida Senator Rick Scott is championing a plan to put Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security on the chopping block every five years, which would put the health and economic security of 63 million Medicare beneficiaries, 69 million Medicaid beneficiaries and 65 million Social Security beneficiaries at risk. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin proposed sunsetting these laws every year.
The Republican Study Committee " which includes a majority of House Republicans " released a formal budget that, according to Politico, included "raising the eligibility ages for each program, along with withholding payments for individuals who retire early or had a certain income, and privatized funding for Social Security to lower income taxes."
And in 2015, most House Republicans, including Speaker McCarthy, Rep. Scalise, and a host of others in current leadership, voted to raise the retirement age to 70, which would cut Social Security benefits for tens of millions of seniors who paid into the system for years.
slate.com
Republican Leaders Might Not Be Trying to Kill Social Security and Medicare. But Their Judges Are.
Far-right judges are crafting a theory that would empower courts to strike down trillions of dollars in federal spending.
Perhaps these Republicans really do disagree with a plan put forth by a member of their leadership mandating periodic expiration of popular entitlement spending. But at least some of their judges are all for it -- and want to transform the idea into constitution law. Recently, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals crafted a theory that would empower courts to strike down mandatory spending on federal programs, compelling Congress to either reappropriate the money or let the programs die. This radical and antidemocratic reading of the Constitution would threaten Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the Affordable Care Act, unemployment benefits, child nutrition assistance, and so much more. Democrats and Republicans would be foolish to ignore the rebellion against federal spending that's brewing in the 5th Circuit.
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Go on, deny that it's true.
Tell us that it's not happening.
It sounds like LftHndThrds does not know what an annuity is!
10 Best Fixed Annuity Rates Of March 2024.
None of them are over 6%. www.forbes.com
@#115 ... YOU'RE still missing it. If/when the GOP gets enough control, bank on it. ...
Yup.
Eliminating Social Security has been a priority for Republicans for a while.
OK, here is a mere year or so ago...
Republicans Are Bringing Back Their Plan to Gut Social Security and Medicare
newrepublic.com
... Republicans have claimed over and over again that they are not trying to cut Social Security and Medicare. Heck, Joe Biden got them to agree they would not make cuts to the programs, in a memorable verbal maneuver during his State of the Union speech earlier this year.
And yet the Republican Study Committee (of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members) just released its desired 2024 budget, in which the party seeks to, you guessed it, cut Social Security and Medicare.
And note their seriousness. "The RSC Budget is more than just a financial statement. It is a statement of priorities," the party assures in the document, released Wednesday.
The proposed budget would effectively make cuts to Social Security ...
@#123 ... It cherry picked a few snipped phrases ...
Have you read the document cited?
(PDF)
hern.house.gov
The article does not look like cherry-picking to me.
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