Heads Up To Republican Good Church People: Trump's About To Gut Your Medicare

[ancianita]

Last edited Sun Feb 9, 2020, 05:21 PM - Edit history (1)

So much for Jesus' Second Great Commandment.

"President Donald Trump’s wavering stance on whether to protect Medicare and Medicaid ... appears to have reached its inevitable conclusion: He’s hoping to gut them, severely.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the White House is expected to propose a $4.8 trillion budget that aims to slash these popular programs while increasing spending on NASA, defense, and veterans:

The White House proposes to cut spending by $4.4 trillion ... and $70 billion from tightening eligibility access to federal disability benefits.

While this reported budget is sure to fail—Democrats control the House, after all—it’s still striking to witness the vast gulf between Trump’s stated pledges and his actual priorities.

If Trump does unveil his budget tomorrow as expected, it will have been less than a week since his State of the Union address where he vowed to protect Medicare and Social Security...."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/trump-medicare-cuts/?fbclid=IwAR22K545_qDmsg2YxEcqrx_5g-32B95Zb9KfKLXQ-sXzw7bIVKI9pMimhXM

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. And our side needs to SHOVE this down the electorate's throat...

Hit that bastard where it will do the most harm. Even "old white folks" care about medicare and SS.

[ancianita]

4. Every damn day! Just for even trying. NDP won't even bring it to a floor vote.

They will lie and say the Democrats wrote it and they beat it down in committee.

[Demovictory9]

6. link?

[ancianita]

10. Oh, crap. Forgot. Will edit OP. thanks!

[Demovictory9]

11. thanks

[Tanuki]

2. He will lie about this at his rallies and his lies will be amplified on FOX

and by the internet troll army. A sizable portion of his base will be convinced, contrary to all evidence and reason, that the Democrats are somehow the threat to Medicare and that Fascist45 is working on their behalf to preserve it.

[lunasun]

3. Yes . He protects Medicare and SS by severely cutting it

[ooky]

5. This is the kind of stuff we need to run ads on.

Make people believe they are going to lose things like the ACA, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security and they will act. Hit the battleground states hard with the evidence that what we say is indeed true. The Republicans have no plans for protecting any of these safety nets and it needs to be exploited. Replay Trump's lies and call them out. This will get the attention of traditional non-voters we need to drive us over the top in November.

[ancianita]

7. Right? Just for fucking with Americans like he always does. The lie themes are infinite.

[ooky]

8. Very much so. The ads just write themselves really.

All we have to do is run them, make them believable, and reach the right audience.

[Mersky]

9. Whether by Old or New Testament standards,

the rw idol that is tRump is a lying and thieving void of morality.

[Mersky]

12. Seems the excerpt is from...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/trump-medicare-cuts/

[ancianita]

13. Yes. I forgot to link it. Sorry.

[Mersky]

14. ...

Nbd. Glad you posted it - I needed the heads-up.

[blueinredohio]

15. He's not going to announce he's cutting Medicare or Medicaid.

[ancianita]

16. So he's setting up WSJ and MJ for a campaign smack down?

[blueinredohio]

17. He won't admit to cutting Medicaid or Medicare because he'll lose too many older republican voters.

[ancianita]

19. Ah. Right. Of course he won't. And they don't read.

[blueinredohio]

20. Most of them don't. They get their news from Fox.

[roamer65]

18. Life as a Canadian province is looking better by the day.