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peggysue2

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12. Republicans have decided that seniors are not productive members of society
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 02:53 PM
Apr 2020

They join the ranks of those who rely on safety net income streams. For seniors, this would be the so-called entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicare.

I thought Dan Patrick's (Texas Lt. Gov) first comment was ridiculous and grotesque, how seniors should be willing to sacrifice themselves for the US economy. But yesterday's statement left no doubt about the depths Republicans have fallen:

"There are more important things than living."

If you swallow an idea like that, then it's a mere two-step to adopt all matter of monstrous notions. Republicans are willing to do this and say this to keep the support of their ethno-nationalist supporters; it's their only hope of retaining power, to keep the grifting spigots wide open.

As I've said before, it's time for the Republican Party to die a miserable death.

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