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applegrove

(118,778 posts)
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 03:44 PM Feb 2023

Pence Embraces Cuts to Social Security

Pence Embraces Cuts to Social Security

February 22, 2023 at 12:18 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 120 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/02/22/pence-embraces-cuts-to-social-security/

"SNIP.......

Mike Pence said that cuts to Medicare and Social Security should be “on the table for the long term,” differentiating himself from Donald Trump as he considers a run for the Oval Office, NBC News reports.

Said Pence: “We’re looking at a debt crisis in this country over the next 25 years that’s driven by entitlements, and nobody in Washington, D.C., wants to talk about it.”

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Yavin4

(35,446 posts)
3. Three out of the last 4 Republican presidents passed massive tax cuts benefitting the rich
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 03:50 PM
Feb 2023

and created the largest income inequality gap since the roaring '20s.

But, it's SS and Medicare that's the problem. Yeah, right.

CrispyQ

(36,518 posts)
6. Hey Mike, those "entitlements" are self-funded & would be fine with some adjustments.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 03:57 PM
Feb 2023

Also, Medicare isn't free. Not only did I pay into it every paycheck like SS, I pay $179 a month for my Medicare coverage. Now, dude, lets talk about corporate subsidies, & tax cuts for the corporations & the wealthy, & why are those entitlements never included in repub budget cuts?

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