Social Security Works: Fast-track process to cut Social Security and Medicare

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Fri Jun 5, 2020, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)

And new reporting indicates that Mitt Romney is pushing hard to include a fast-track process to cut Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors, while eliminating the unemployment insurance expansion that has sustained the 43 million people put out of work by the pandemic.

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[at140]

1. FU Mitt Romney

Social Security is why I am having a good retirement.

[leftieNanner]

2. My guess is

that he wants to cut SS and Medicare for future recipients. He and other Republicans know that older Americans tend to vote for them and they won't mess with that gravy train.

He still sucks. And this reminds me again why I detested him in 2012.

[at140]

15. Yeah, never forget Romney made a living by laying off people...nt

[grumpyduck]

3. Why is it always the millionaires

who want to cut benefits to everyone else?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. Greed and theNeoliberal bullshit they believe in

That justifies thier sociopath tendencies but only in thier own warped head.

[genxlib]

4. So predictable

In the grand scheme of things, you can always count on two things.

- Rich people think the government is too generous

- People who think of finance as hard work thinks everyone should work until they are older

[TheFarseer]

5. He's such a greedy asshole

As long as he’s being civil and not making mean tweets though right

[JHB]

6. Ah, but Mitt's a "reasonable Republican" because of one useless vote...

...and his occasional farts of discontent in Donnie's direction.

[a kennedy]

13. I guess it goes to show, once a damn Repub, ALWAYS a damn Repub.

[JHB]

14. No, some can shift, but way too many free passes are handed to those who don't

[Hortensis]

7. GOOD! Republicans/RW indies need to know BEFORE election day.

Both the trumpsters and tea partiers were/are populist rebellions of progressive conservatives against the party leadership's threats to repeal Social Security and other social programs, like the ACA. Trump promised them MORE, and then betrayed them.

The "keep your goddamn government hands off my Social Security" people, but they're not the fat, illiterate slobs people here like to imagine -- they're almost the entire right, including their middle class voters. (But, yes, they're of course not our best and brightest.)

[SWBTATTReg]

8. If they want f**king cuts, then cut the tax breaks and such, by 83% and give it to us. And ...

increase their taxes (the 1%ers) ... quite of a few of the 1%ers have been saying that their taxes need to go up. One of them even said that his secretary pays more of a tax % on her income vs. his income (in the $billions).

Something is so unfair and wrong about this. No wonder people are protesting this totally unfair tax advantage given to a very very few people (the 1%ers), while the rest of us have to pay the usual same level of taxes as that secretary I mentioned above, or more.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Godamn sociopath republicans

We got to be rid of these stupid monsters.

[spanone]

11. This can only help Mr. Biden.

[Chainfire]

12. Of course, what hurts Trump helps Biden

However, nothing seems to hurt Trump. His approval ratings now is the same as in Feb.......