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In reply to the discussion: Enough with this inauguration bullshit...who will the Dems run 2028 [View all]Sailingfish
(47 posts)Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA expansion, SSI, disability and a lot of other economic stuff that is important in people's lives. Especially if they don't have a lot. New Deal kind of things. Maybe go a lot harder on that stuff. Obviously, I don't mean cutting them like the right is yammering about. There were some good bills out there that could of improved a lot but they never got much traction. There is a ton of waste in the safety net, but it's not on the receiving side. It's on the administrative side. The red tape, guidelines, means tests, and the rest of the hoops that people have to deal with is pathetic. It's also an enormous expense, bloated, and infested with unnecessary bureaucracy that isn't needed to administer the programs. Just rambling here...