Scalise acknowledges GOP plan to change Social Security, Medicare

[LetMyPeopleVote]

If the GOP are in control of either house of Congress, Social Security and Medicare will be under attack

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President Joe Biden recently warned the public that Social Security and Medicare would end up on “the chopping block” if Republicans make gains in this year’s midterm elections, and as regular readers know, plenty of prominent GOP voices — from Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson to New Hampshire’s Don Bolduc to Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia — have bolstered Biden’s claims.

It was against this backdrop that a member of the House Republican leadership broached the same subject yesterday morning. Bloomberg reported:

Representative Steve Scalise, the number two House Republican, defended his party’s approach to Medicare and Social Security, which has become a campaign issue ahead of US midterm elections in November. It’s a mis-characterization to say the GOP plans to “cut” the programs, Scalise said on “Fox News Sunday.”

As part of the on-air appearance, host Shannon Bream asked the Louisiana congressman about the proposed budget plan from the Republican Study Committee, which Scalise is a member of. As Politico noted, the plan, among other things, included proposals for “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.”

Yesterday was an opportunity for Scalise to distance himself from the document and its recommendations. He did largely the opposite. “That budget talks about shoring up and strengthening Social Security. That’s not ‘cutting’ Social Security,” the House minority whip said. He added, “We’ve broad forward legislation to stave off cuts to Medicare. We want to stave off cuts to Social Security. Democrats haven’t supported any of that. They want the programs to go bankrupt.”

For now, let’s put aside the question of which party cared more about the future of Social Security — a debate Republicans obviously can’t win. Let’s instead consider the two key elements of the broader debate.

[RKP5637]

1. The US is an incredibly stressful country. n/t

[XanaDUer2]

4. It's a joke of a so-called first nation

No one should have to worry about this stuff
And it's all Republicans and the idiots who vote for them

[RKP5637]

6. Exactly, and the US is near the bottom of the barrel for most things.

The US really is a total joke filled with propaganda and hatred. I just don't get WTF some people think the GOP is doing for them, those republicans and idiots that vote in the crap.

[XanaDUer2]

7. My family and I are getting dual

Citizenship with Ireland, just in case.

[hamsterjill]

11. I wish I could recommend your post a gazillion times!!!

Well said!!!

[Qutzupalotl]

2. Straw man Scalise

Just because we don't support raising the retirement age or cutting benefits doesn't mean we want SS and Medicare to go bankrupt. How about raising the cap?

[fightforfreedom]

3. Exactly, they are fucking liars.

Bush tried this bullshit and it did not go well.

[mobeau69]

5. Raise.The.Cap.

It’s as simple as that. Hard to believe these liars are still fucking with the third rail.

[sakabatou]

8. Change? No. Destroy it? Yes.

[jalan48]

9. Privatization is what they want.

[cynical_idealist]

12. for gop, privitization always means they'll steal our money

and destroy beneficial programs

[jalan48]

13. They (the owners) want to make money off of the citizens.

[2naSalit]

15. It's what they really mean when they say...

"Own the libs!" They want to own everything and, therefore, own us.

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[XanaDUer2]

14. Hope more ads are going out nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. The radicalized Republican party won't be happy until we're living a Charles Dickens novel.

[spanone]

17. scalise is an extraordinary chunk of excrement

[NowISeetheLight]

18. If this happens and Republicans control Congress

Biden needs to do the following. Tell them to propose a bill cutting SS & Medicare and let them go on the record with their YES vote. If they control Congress they can run it thru. Tell them the Democrats won’t fillabuster it… but they need to vote YES or NO.

They should also call the bill “The Republican Bill to Cut Social Security and Medicare”. Truth in advertising.

I would also send out a new mailer showing every SS recipient what their new benefits will be with the Republican plan. Use a 10% and 20% cut as an example to show the amount of the cut. They used to mail out statements yearly. A special mailing would be a powerful weapon coming from the SS administration.

All these senior voters who trend Republican can then see what happens when they get what they want.