Mike Johnson calls Social Security an "entitlement" and says he has a plan for it to be "adjusted and fixed." ..

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Mike Johnson calls Social Security an “entitlement” and says he has a plan for it to be “adjusted and fixed.”

Social Security is an earned benefit – not an entitlement – and as we’ve warned repeatedly, it’s about to hit a cliff, now in 2032. In Connecticut, that would mean an average loss of $556/month in benefits.

The way to prevent this is by making the rich pay their fair share in payroll tax – the same as middle and working-class Americans.

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[Orrex]

1. Republican fuckheads have been calling it that for more than 30 years

Which is a good reminder that Republicans have been pieces of shit since long before Felon47 oozed into office.

[-misanthroptimist]

2. Mike doesn't have to tell the truth. He's a "Christian."

He can just "repent" on Sunday and the lie gets forgiven.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

3. Y'all hear that Louisiana?

In the name of whomever you worship.... Vote that evil minion out.

[themaguffin]

4. Good. Another ad and talking points for Democrats to use 24/7

[Lovie777]

5. There is a fine line.................

republicans have been conditioned for over 60 years in most part that the Democratic Party are demons and although republicans usually vote against their own interest, it's always the fault of the Democratic Party when things go wrong.

Right now Republicans are blaming the economy on President Biden, the war in Iran (President Obama too) and immigration.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. Does MAGA Mike think that this will get Republicans elected?

I don't think so.

Close to half of all Seniors over 65 who have earned SS and Medicare benefits vote REPUBLICAN! Many of them do not have other sources of income to draw from for living expenses. This will hurt them big time!

Democrats must run with this as well.

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. "This will hurt them big time!"

And most will gladly suffer it, if they think just one liberal is being 'taught a lesson'. If they think one of 'those people' is being walked over.

That is the pathology of what we are up against.

Will we finally realize it?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. If seniors who vote Republican actually think that...

Then I have ocean front property in Iowa for sale.

My own sister for one! She turned 65 in April. Want to bet she isn't willing to take cuts to her SS and Medicare! She and her husband think they are doing well with rental properties and such, living in a Republican dominated county in Northern California. 20 years ago, they ran a foul with the IRS for not paying withholding taxes for their employees for their carpeting business for several years they ran and she did the books for. The HYPOCRISY runs strong with her.

[OldBaldy1701E]

12. Yep.

They always want things done to others, but when they realize those things will also include them, they have the complete and utter gall to act surprised.

As Jack Nicholson so eloquently said in the first Batman movie (and I am paraphrasing it here):

This country needs an enema!

[Whip-poor-will]

7. entitlement

That's how he treats his house seat

[Vinca]

9. Let me guess. His plan is we all put our money in the new "Trump Investment Company."

[multigraincracker]

11. Ok Mike, give up all Fed Congress elected

official’s benefits and tax breaks. No more stock trading for elected officials either. No retirement for short term elected officials. Pay for your on travel too.
Don’t get me started.

[Emile]

13. Damn right I'm entitled to it. I paid

into it all my working life. Raise the cap, and stop giving away my tax dollars to Israel. Problem solved!

[get the red out]

15. Like my retirement

As much of an entitlement as my 401K! I pay so I count on it to be there when I retire.

[Prairie_Seagull]

14. Let me guess,

a work requirement.

[B.See]

16. Mike Johnson Is Talking About Cutting Social Safety Net Programs, Again - TPM via Yahoo

another angle on it, if you don't mind:

Mike Johnson Is Talking About Cutting Social Safety Net Programs, Again - TPM via Yahoo Austerity only matters when Democrats are in charge.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) signaled this week how Republicans may begin stonewalling and messaging about Democrats should the party succeed in taking back the House this fall.

Buried at the bottom of a Washington Post piece about how the Social Security trust fund will begin running low on money by 2032, an insolvency problem that Trump's immigration policies and tax cuts for the wealthy have contributed to, was a quote from Johnson about his supposed plan to cut social services in order to decrease the deficit and, apparently, save the program:

"The reason we are in trouble is because over 74 percent of federal spending is on autopilot, mandatory spending," Johnson reportedly recently told a Louisiana radio station. "That's your entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and then things like Social Security. They have to be adjusted and fixed."

It is hardly worth pointing out hypocrisy at this point amid Republican leadership's utter capitulation to the Trump regime, but for posterity's sake: Johnson was a key figure in ensuring the passage of the first reconciliation package of Trump's second term — the Big Beautiful Bill that slashed Medicaid funding in order to help offset the impact of making Trump's 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy permanent. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that that legislation alone will add $3.4 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years. Early CBO estimates show that the immigration enforcement package that Congress just passed via reconciliation (instead of the normal appropriations process) will add another $72 billion to the national debt over 10 years. In Republicans' eyes, the trillions of dollars that those pieces of legislation will add to the deficit are not a factor in whether or not the legislation should be passed.