A New Twist in the GOP Feud Over Social Security Cuts

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As Democrats led by President Joe Biden continue to gleefully attack Republicans for proposals both new and old that would cut or otherwise undermine Social Security and Medicare, GOP leaders have run quickly in the other direction, loudly insisting they have no plans to cut either of those wildly popular programs, even if both are facing severe fiscal challenges in the years ahead – a point brought home by a particularly dire budgetary analysis published by the Congressional Budget Office earlier this week.

Some Republicans, though, don’t seem to be following the path laid down by Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has been openly critical of a plan offered by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) that would require all federal programs to be renewed every five years, subjecting Social Security and Medicare to the whims of lawmakers on a regular basis. “Let me say one more time,” McConnell told reporters this week, “there is no agenda on the part of Senate Republicans to revisit Medicare or Social Security.”

McConnell no doubt wishes Scott and his supporters would stop talking about the plan, which threatens to damage the GOP politically, raising the suspicion among millions of crucial elderly voters that Republican lawmakers may not have their best interests at heart. McConnell even took a shot at his colleague, noting that “it will be a challenge for him to deal with this in his own re-election in Florida, a state with more elderly people than any other state in America.”

A new flareup emerged Wednesday as the Club for Growth – a conservative organization that advocates for tax cuts, balanced budgets and entitlement reform – offered its endorsement of Scott in his 2024 bid for reelection – an endorsement that specifically targets McConnell.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-new-twist-in-the-gop-feud-over-social-security-cuts/ar-AA17ArYT

Club for Growth, as in a cancerous tumor?

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1. "Tax cuts and balanced budgets"? For Republicans, one

does not beget the other. They've never been able to accomplish this and they never will. Republicans are NOT economists, they are ideologues. They have a bunch of stupid ideas written on a bar napkin that say "If you do THIS then THIS will happen." None of it works, none of it is supposed to work. They are only interested in the tax cut part of the equation. The lies about "trickle down" continue.

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2. They Are Called Entitlements

because people are entitled to them. They have paid for them and deserve to have their savings back. These people don't mind stealing that's for sure, look at how much Scott got from Medicare.