White House blasts Manchin-GOP push for Social Security 'death panel'

[turbinetree]

By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
Published February 07, 2023

The Biden White House made clear on Monday that it opposes the creation of commissions to devise changes—and possible cuts—to Social Security and other U.S. trust funds, rejecting an idea embraced by Republicans and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin amid a dangerous standoff over the nation's debt ceiling.

In a statement to Bloomberg Government, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates called the proposed commissions a "death panel for Medicare and Social Security," repurposing a term that GOP lawmakers used frequently in their attacks on the Affordable Care Act.

Bates said the GOP's renewed push for Social Security and Medicare commissions represents the "latest in a long line of ultimatums about how they'll act to kill jobs, businesses, and retirement accounts if they can't cut Medicare and Social Security benefits."

https://www.rawstory.com/biden-white-house-blasts-manchin-gop-push-for-social-security-panel/

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The commissions in question are central to legislation known as the TRUST Act, which Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Manchin (D-W.Va.), and other lawmakers reintroduced in 2021 and have frequently touted as a potential path to a bipartisan compromise on Social Security and Medicare.

I have an idea of where that Trust Act and go.....

[louis-t]

1. First, each of the 'sponsors' should be made to stand in front

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of the House and explain how SS and Medicare, self-funded so-called 'entitlements' affect the debt of this country.

[turbinetree]

3. I agree..... Schumer needs to force everyone in that chamber to get and explain it.....

tell everyone that put there own money in those treasury bonds that have a interest rate on it them because we you and me bought those bonds how that is hurting this country.........this BS and reverse osmosis BS they are trying to feed needs to be stopped..........

[LastDemocratInSC]

7. Here's Saint Ronny explaining the relationship between Social Security and debt:

https://www.google.com/search?q=reagan+debt+social+security&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3uL7qn4T9AhXFmIQIHT3SBe4Q0pQJegQICBAB&biw=360&bih=616&dpr=3#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1bc97470,vid:ihUoRD4pYzI

[LastDemocratInSC]

8. Here's Saint Ronny explaining the relationship between Social Security and debt:

https://www.google.com/search?q=reagan+debt+social+security&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3uL7qn4T9AhXFmIQIHT3SBe4Q0pQJegQICBAB&biw=360&bih=616&dpr=3#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1bc97470,vid:ihUoRD4pYzI

[cilla4progress]

2. No apppeasement!

It never ends well!

On SS/Medicare OR Ukraine!!

[Casady1]

4. Joe should simply state

at the State of the Union that like every other piece of legislation the republican should draft a bill and put it to a vote. If it is popular then I, Joe Biden will sign the legislation.

[FoxNewsSucks]

5. No real Democrat would help republicons destroy SS

That is all.

[Mr. Sparkle]

6. The fact that Sinema is involved, Wall street must be pushing it.

[IcyPeas]

9. they don't care about old or sick people.... and they don't care about 2nd graders being slaughtered

that's just the truth.

[Trueblue1968]

10. can we please say that Manchin sucks? His latest "pushings" will not help people.

[GGoss]

11. Thank You For This !!!

[GoodRaisin]

12. The debt and deficit

are nothing more than the latest active Republican boogey man.

[spanone]

13. Thanks Joe. Tired of the rich taking money from the poor.

FUCK THIS SHIT.