McCarthy suggests new commission could look at Social Security and Medicare cuts

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Source: raw story




Sarah K. Burris May 31, 2023, 4:01 PM ET


House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced Wednesday he was launching a commission tasked with looking at budget cuts – and he suggested Social Security and Medicare could come under his scalpel.

His pledge came just months after vowing such cuts to mandatory spending programs were off the table.

In February, President Joe Biden spoke before a joint session of Congress, telling Americans the GOP wanted to cut the programs they had paid into their whole lives. "Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years," he said.

"That means those programs will go away if Congress doesn’t vote to keep them. Other Republicans say if we don’t cut Social Security and Medicare, they’ll let America default on its debt for the first time in our history."


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McCarthy told Fox host Harris Faulkner that only 11 percent of the budget could be negotiated during the debt ceiling talks because Biden had "walled off" parts of it – including the part that included discretionary spending programs.

Now, he said, "We have to look at the entire budget."




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[JohnnyRingo]

1. Put your name on it Kevin.

If he doesn't, the White House will. In big block letters.

[PatSeg]

22. Yes, that's always such a winning political

message to put out there. He's lost his mind.

[ShazzieB]

36. He already lost his mind a while back.

When he sold his soul, his spine, and...other things for the speakership. Oops!

[PatSeg]

39. It is hard to believe that the speakership

was THAT important to him. Obviously nothing good will ever come of it and I expect that down the road he will rue the day he sold his soul for the position. However, he just might show up in the history books - his grandchildren will be so proud.

[newdayneeded]

63. I don't know how, but its almost like

it should be illegal or disqualifying the way he so compromised himself.

[PatSeg]

65. Yes, you'd think so

There is nothing subtle about it at all. If nothing else it should be political suicide, but then again, I never understood how he got so far.

[Lovie777]

2. Wrong move..........

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. Kevvo is in so far over his head it's laughable.

[peppertree]

28. But then he has $90 million+ in swamp loot, so I doubt it keeps him up at night

Having relatives in the MIC is always a good investment strategy.

[rurallib]

4. Republicans talking about cuts to SS & Medicare just before the 2024 election

BRILLIANT! I couldn't have come up with a better idea for them just before an election if I tried.

[speak easy]

6. "I couldn't have come up with a better idea for them"

Neither could I! Please proceed, dummkopfs [stupid heads].

[AZ8theist]

57. Here's the secret plan, revealed:

[sarcasmo]

71. They also think banning abortion is a winning issue.

[speak easy]

5. And the GOP stumbles into the most unpopular proposals of all.

Maybe Joe Biden is not a genius. Maybe. But from the beginning of the debt ceiling negotiations, Social Security and Medicare were off the table. Now that the deal is done, a punch drunk GOP is staggering towards utter stupidity. Well played, Mr. President, Sir. Well played.

[Mr.Bill]

20. Biden crafted this compromise none of us really want,

but he did it in such a way that it leaves the republicans fractured if not at each other's throats.

Brilliant.

I think by November 2024 McCarthy may have trouble holding on to his seat. Not the Speaker's seat, his Congressional seat. If a Democrat can't win in that district, I could see him being primaried.

[Justice]

56. Biden looks like a genius to me.

[Trailrider1951]

64. Nah, that's just his years of Senate experience. Not to say that Biden isn't smart

it's just that little Kevin is woefully outmatched. Do not EVER underestimate Dark Brandon!

[Trenzalore]

7. YES!

Republicans, please say you want to cut social security and medicare. Even your Dotard Presidential frontrunner knows that is a losing proposition.

[speak easy]

9. YES! - Shout it loud and Proud!

[Mr.Bill]

23. And by all means,

please put MTG, Boebert, Gozar anf Jordan onto this commission you are forming.

[kysrsoze]

8. Please proceed... assface.

[AnnaLee]

10. I have some childhood friends in the South.

Whenever the Republicans start threatening SS and Medicare, they start sharing memes about the Democratic party (or various members of the party) threatening SS and/or Medicare and how the Republicans are setting up a commission to stop the Democratic raid of the programs. It doesn't matter if you directly quote who and what and where the threat actually is coming from. Facts make them mad.

[SouthernDem4ever]

14. Stupid is as stupid does

like Forrest says.

[Trenzalore]

17. Oh the RWNJ dad of a friend since elementary school

Post the meme about the President not guaranteeing social security and Medicare during every debt ceiling/budget fight since Facebook started. Was quiet during the Trump years with it but it comes up again like clockwork over and over with different pictures each time we have one of these.

I'd block him, but his daughter and I virtually grew up at each other's houses.

[PatSeg]

24. Wow, that is really pathetic

Some people just can't be reasoned with.

[agingdem]

11. Poor dumb Kevin..

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so desperate to appease the asshole freedom caucus..how does Kev not get even white christian nationalist vermin over 65 are on Social Security and Medicare...they want to own the libs but don't touch their benefits...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. I say f**K him, preferably with something sharp! nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

48. Yes! And repeatedly

[tinrobot]

13. Their most reliable voters are those over 60

What are they thinking?

[SouthernDem4ever]

15. They are counting on Fux nooze and Co to keep them stupid and pliable.

[OldBaldy1701E]

61. And, it will probably work. (n/t)

[AnnaLee]

26. I have been wondering something.

Do you think they believe some political mileage with the younger voters could be made through manipulations of SS and Medicare that they sell as sharing the burden of funding the programs better by cutting the old and preserving the young from higher contributions. The problem, I think, is that my impression of the young today is that they are quite informed and very smart. I am not sure they can be fooled when the share of burden is still forgiven the rich.

Also George Bush did not succeed with his bull either.

[ShazzieB]

38. You're right about the younger voters being informed and smart.

They are those things. Also, if most of them are anything like my daughter, they don't want their parents and grandparents used as sacrificial lambs to protect tax cuts for billionaires. Which, let's be real, is exactly what this would be!

[sarcasmo]

16. You can look at cuts all you want, Kev.

[brush]

18. So stupid. So weak. He's just trying to appease MTG and Gaetz...

because Joe Biden rolled him in the debt ceiling negotiations by not just getting it eliminated for now, but until 2025, meaning the rest of this presidential term.

Shut up, Kevin and go to your corner.

[FakeNoose]

19. Why aren't his voters screaming bloody murder over this?

Especially anyone who's already retired. But this really threatens all of us, not just those who are retired.

[Bengus81]

35. Don't cha know,no Republicans are retired and on SS,Medicare or use the ACA

Nah...just freeloading Dems!!

[Trenzalore]

21. You have to hand it to President Biden

He expertly painted the into a corner during the State of the Union address so this wasn't even something on the table for the debt ceiling

[AllaN01Bear]

25. i had a long talk w my social security advisor about this very issue

THEY CANNOT TAKE AWAY YOUR BENIFITS . PERIOD.

[progree]

37. Well, Reagan (and a majority-Democratic Congress) did in the 1980's by raising

the retirement age, and taxing Social Security benefits for the first time. Those are inarguably benefit cuts.

==================================

The SS and Medicare Trustees signed a report saying that it will not be able to pay full benefits after trust fund depletion....
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142927989

The Trustees are 4 top Biden administration officials including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

The then current SS and Medicare Trustees have been signing reports saying the same thing every year for decades. Congress must act to prevent those cuts from occurring on trust fund depletion. That is the harsh reality of the situation.

[onecaliberal]

27. Spread that far and wide. What a dumb ass.

[IronLionZion]

29. Good issue for us to defeat them in the next election

There was a time when these programs were considered untouchable.

[ImNotGod]

30. nothin burger. nt

[democratsruletheday]

31. Do it NOW Kevvy!

You dumb SOB....we'll run on that in '24 along with abortion rights.

[Mysterian]

32. Republicans committing political suicide

Great to see it.

Democrats better be shouting about PukeCarthy's commission from the mountaintops.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

52. They do shout it from the mountaintops, so to speak

But ask yourself when the media will give them the platform to be heard?

It's like the tree in the forest. It falls down, but if no human is there to record it, nobody but the animals nearby knows that it made that sound of falling.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Ad time

and that means anyone up in the Senate too.

No matter what chamber, tie every single one of the GOP contenders to him.

People might recall this effective ad about a similar subject when Ryan was touted as the GOP's "budget wonk" -

[Bengus81]

34. Great platform Kevin!! Take away social security,no one will care!!

[Rhiannon12866]

40. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

53. murphyb

Can STFU about that "actual" christian BS. They're all christians, and saying they're not is the height of hateful bigotry.

[bucolic_frolic]

41. More amputations, that'll be popular

Burn the books, ban free choice, purge the voters, strangulate Social Security, and castrate Medicare.

Rich people need your money!

[Deminpenn]

42. Truth is the debt ceiling agreement is actually a 2 year budget

agreement. I'm sure McCarthy knows this, so any commission would be just for show. He probably knows he'll get no serious legislation passed without Dem votes, too.

[kairos12]

43. MAGA Kevin grab that 3rd Rail with both hands.

[Traildogbob]

44. How about

A commission looking at cutting Senate, Congress and Presidential entitlements. Our taxes will be paying Melanoma for decades to come. For WHAT? We worked for our SS and Medicare. What the Fuck did she or other gubment Political spouses contribute or work for?
Fuck you Kev!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. Try it and some scalpel work will be done on McCarthy

[stage left]

46. Fuck Kevin McCarthy!

That is all!

[NowsTheTime]

47. Hay, give McCarthy Credit, he's helping our cause politically & would go nowhere anyway!

.......He's a real nowhere man ...

[dalton99a]

50. Repeal the Trump tax cuts

[Maraya1969]

51. Democrats need to spread this information far and wide.

I bet most people that vote have no idea what their representatives do.

I bet the Lincoln group could created a wild one that can be used over and over.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

54. The Democrats do spread the information

It's not their fault that the traitor media give them so little air time/print to spread it as far and wide as possible.

It would be great if people would start there, rather than blaming the Democrats for everything.

[Maraya1969]

59. I mean spread around with TV ads and other media

like billboards or even on Youtube which makes you watch too many ads before you can actually watch the video that you want. Youtube is a great place to advertise IMO


Remember what the Russians did. They set up tons of fake "news organizations" websites before 2016. I made the mistake and posted one item here it was almost immediately taken down. The thing is that I had already done a Google search and all of those websites were repeating the same thing - lies about Hillary and the Dems. I fell into the trap.

I am not saying that all websites spread lies but at that time they had taken over Google as far as I could see. Although it does seem like Google has done their work since then because I think all those sites are down.

[Mopar151]

55. A dog &pony show, to keep the freedumb housepets from pissing on the carpet.

Can be especially useful if , when calculating the "savings", the commission is required to show the 5 year and 20year projections of effectiveness and COST.for the federal budget, and the US economy 🤔

[AllyCat]

58. Republicans have no ideas to help people

And their ideas to help the rich come from the rich. They have no ideas of their own. Ever.

[lark]

60. The extremists in his party are making him do this as a condition for not removing him.

That's what I think is happening. This is actually a gift to Dems and is a really stupid move on the part of the christofascists.

[usonian]

62. Kevin's a charmer. 🐍

[GreenWave]

66. Thanks idiot for the free TV ads!

[harun]

67. Hope Dems come out with proposing commisions on SS and Medicare expansions

SS to expand to include supplemental income for those in need and phased out of jobs by AI and automation.

[Firestorm49]

68. Get the rich to PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE !

[JCMach1]

69. Roll back the freaking revenue cuts to 2000 levels and add a higher cut off on

Soc. Sec. Taxes.

There, fixed it for you.

Then tax corps in a legit way and rebuild education and setup a single payer health insurance.

[sarcasmo]

70. How to lose the Senior Citizen vote by Kevin McCarthy.

[machoneman]

72. A sop to his hard-right wingers. Like Kevin's future, its going nowhere!