Does anybody know if Obama took 1 bil from SS

[leftyladyfrommo]

and used it for Obama care?

I need to respond to a Trumper.

[blm]

1. Two word response, Prove it.

[gratuitous]

2. A whole billion dollars?

That's, like, 10 hours of the annual defense budget!

[kentuck]

3. He cut the payroll taxes for a short time to spur the economy.

It was such a small amount that most folks did not notice they were getting a tax cut.

[Hoyt]

4. If one wants to make case Obama cut SS and Medicare to pay for Obamacare, it's possible I suppose

according to articles like those below. It's much more than $1 Billion though and "cut" is somewhat of a stretch.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/reality-check-obama-cuts-social-security-and-medicare-by-much-more-than-the-gop/274919/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/07/mike-huckabee/obamacare-robbed-medicare-700-billion-says-huckabe/

[70sEraVet]

5. Its the kind of open-ended question you might hear on Fox News

No details, just a burning question hung out there to inflame the imagination.

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Throw about an accusation, get the rubes in a tizzy, then move on without any closure to next one.

.

These FOX viewers never question that they are being played for the fools that they are.

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[Wicked Blue]

6. W. Bush took a boatload of money from SS

to pay for his Iraq War

[oasis]

7. Rule #1: Don't waste your time debating with Trumpers, they're too dense

and too stubborn.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. I know but I just like to substantiate comments

like this.

[uponit7771]

8. NO, the increase in spending in medicare is slowed down because of Obamacare savings that's not

... robbing anything.

They lie.like rugs

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. There is something about using Medicare funds but

the way it was structured the Medicare money was increased substantially in the end. But it was more like 800 billion.

[LiberalBrooke]

11. No is a complete answer