Rand Paul Will Force Vote on Social Security Cuts

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Rand Paul Will Force Vote on Social Security Cuts

May 31, 2023 at 8:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 159 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/05/31/rand-paul-will-force-vote-on-cuts-to-social-security-medicare/

"SNIP.......

“Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he will force the Senate to vote this week on cutting total federal spending by 5 percent in each of the next two years, a proposal that would include Social Security and Medicare,” The Hill reports.

“It’s an uncomfortable vote for Senate Republicans, one which it divides their conference.”

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[CentralMass]

1. One of the largest @$$holes in the institution.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

4. Every time he grabs the spotlight

I understand why his neighbor punched him in the face.

[LoisB]

5. Indeed! The neighbor should have punched him with a 2 X 4.

[Rebl2]

16. Same

[gopiscrap]

53. same here

I sent money to the neighbor for his legal fees

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Yeah, Randy. Bring on the vote .

And watch Democrats enlarge their majority in the Senate.

Social Security and Medicare are not programs that should be cut.

[applegrove]

6. I know right?

[LoisB]

3. Rand Paul can kiss my "Social Security collecting/Medicare using" behind.

[whathehell]

44. Yep, mine too.

Surely Kentucky has its share of senior citizens -- I can't believe this will work well for him.

[LoisB]

50. I hope Kentuckians wake up and vote the Ayn Rand loving idiot out of office.

[whathehell]

54. Absolutely. n/t

[debm55]

49. You got that right. And we had no say so in it being taken out. Just a promise that when we retired

we would have it. Screw him.

[LoisB]

51. +1000.

[spooky3]

7. I wonder if defense spending is included in his 5% cut too? Nt

[haele]

25. Probably, he's an equal opportunity asshole.

But I'm sure even then, he's more inclined to target defense cuts to programs that actually support the troops, retirees, and their families.
And veterans - especially veterans, the majority of whom only served only a few years past the minimum 18 months or got out after 4 to 6 years after getting the training to jump them into better career opportunities than would be available right out of high school.

You just know he considers those types of Vets total takers and cheats.

Haele

[Demsrule86]

35. Rand Paul can' do shit. No amendment will pass ...posturing but here is hoping it hurts the GOP

future elections.

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. Cool....tell people that have contibuted over a lifetime, why their benefits

should be cut. Bring it on Rand and make your case. Then get your ass kicked.

[Autumn]

34. Those people don't care,they know he's for cutting their benefits. They vote for him every time,

His ass gets kissed by them.

[Mysterian]

46. Yep

They're gonna own the libs by getting their earned benefits cut.

[BOSSHOG]

9. Rand Paul, in charge of the gop social security death panels

I guess rand Paul has forfeited all of the socialist perks he gets by being a U.S. senator, I ask with a jaundiced skew of the truth.

May I ask. Have any of you on this site ever asked yourself, which one of these motherfucking Republican senators do I hate the most? Lots of self loathing with rand. I’d self loathe too if my father named me after a failure.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. Hate is a wasted emotion,

I don't hate them, I have nothing but contempt for them, but I don't hate them, it's bad for the health and at my age, I don't need that.

Peace out.

[BOSSHOG]

15. Roger that teammate

They do collectively rile the soul. I’m 69 and in pretty good shape. I guess. Contempting I will go.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

17. 75 here and still in pretty good shape considering I sit on my ass

most of the day in my truck.

Semper Fi.

[newdayneeded]

39. there truly only one person on this planet

I can say I actually "hate". Hell, even wish Ill on.

Trump takes me to a level I never get too.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

42. I get it and I respect you feelings,

but for me, hating him is beneath me, I don't care enough about Benedict Donald to waste the energy to hate him.

[MerryBlooms]

29. Hate, jealousy and worry, are the three human emotions

I try really hard not to engage in. Three emotional cancers, just waiting for the right circumstances to spread, overcome rational thought, then ruin a life, or take lives.

[Johonny]

10. Republicans on social security and medicare

In Kentucky can voluntarily give that money back if they don’t like it, right?.

[Bengus81]

37. Or hand over every cent of it to their favorite charity.....

Nah,never happen because 90-95% of them need EVERY penny they get from SS each month like the rest of us.

[UpInArms]

11. Sorry, fuckturd

I worked for every penny.

Because of Alan Greenscum, the boomers were the first generation to fully fund their retirement.

So ESAD

[cojoel]

12. How will he force such a vote?

The article really doesn't say.

[Celerity]

23. it will be offered as an amendment

[DFW]

14. Hey, Rand? I have an amendment for you:

Any member of Congress proposing legislation (or an amendment to legislation) that mandates cuts to Social Security and Medicare must also include in that legislation (or amendment) a cessation of salaries being paid to Senators and Congresspersons of that member's party, along with their staffs. This pause in salaries, shall not be compensated, should the levels of Social Security be re-instated, k

[Rebl2]

18. Don't

think that will go well for Rand or other repukes. We will remember next year that you did this.

[Freethinker65]

19. Please proceed, Rand.

[sheshe2]

20. Who listens to a man that wears a dead rat on his head? NT!

[niyad]

24. The same people who fellate an orange creature with a bug on his head.

[MiniMe]

21. Put a vote to cut Senator's salaries

[haele]

26. Won't hurt them one bit. Most are Millionaires to begin with.

The few that aren't might have issues, but most of them are Dems. The GOP Senators would barely notice a missing Senate paycheck or two.

Haele

[MiniMe]

28. True, but if it is a dollar amount that they want to recover, it is a way to recover it

That wouldn't hurt the seniors

[Historic NY]

22. Where's his neighbor?

[Cha]

27. FU, Ayn Rand Paul. Cut your OWN

GD Paycheck, MF!

[dalton99a]

30. Kick

[Midnight Writer]

31. Shoot'em damn straight, Senator.

We seniors are tired of getting the benefits we paid for all our working lives.

And as for Medicare, we can all just do what Rand Paul does. Go to Canada to get some of that disgraceful socialist healthcare.

Make a lot of noise and squawk as loud as you can, Senator. You're going to have to really push hard on this to get the mainstream media to let you rally national support.

And when the going gets tough, just repeat to yourself Ron DeSantis' slogan: Never Back Down! Show'em where you stand!

[Emile]

32. Not a smart move Rand. .

[Hotler]

33. Then the taxes on the rich go up 5%. nt

[Bengus81]

36. Schedule some town halls in your district Rand and preach those SS cuts

I FUCKING dare you...............

[ashredux]

38. What the hell is wrong with that guy?

I don’t think his dad was quite this crazy, maybe I don’t recall, but I think the son has sold out to some other entity than America

[Trenzalore]

47. His dad is just as nuts

He was 1/435 Rand is 1/100

[Quanto Magnus]

40. I think every time a cut is proposed by a Republican

they should introduce cuts to Congressional salaries. Clearly there is too much spent on Congress and we need to reign in that out of control spending. Definitely should introduce more work requirements, they have faaaar too much vacation and other time off.

[durablend]

41. Anyone have his neighbor's phone number

Asking for a friend....

[lastlib]

43. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Dickhead, RU) needs to proceed with self-fornication....

with rusty tetanus-infected barbed wire.

[Trenzalore]

45. Thanks Rand!

Put your asshole caucus on record

[spanone]

48. They're voting on rand paul's amendment now...IT FAILED MISERABLY

[applegrove]

52. How many GOP voted for the cuts?

[spanone]

56. here...

Rand Paul amendment fails
An amendment offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to impose 5 percent across-the-board cuts to all on-budget spending over the next two years failed 21-75.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4030809-debt-ceiling-senate-live-updates/

[Sam_Fields]

55. Rand Paul is the Crazy Uncle we all have to put up with at Thanksgiving Dinner