Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich explains the longtime Republican plan to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

 

Trump adviser Stephen Moore Says the AARP is one of the Most Evil Organization in America

Trump adviser Stephen Moore stated at the 2024 CPAC: “The AARP is one of the most evil organizations in America. They have got to go”. Reminder that Trump introduced a budget to cut Social Security and Medicare every single year he was in office.

Per an article at theguardian.com, “Stephen Moore, who withdrew from Fed consideration after sexist remarks were uncovered, is also the co-author of the Radical Project 2025 effort” to turn the Presidency into a Dictatorship if Trump is elected in 2024

“Project 2025 is all about forcing a far-right agenda on to everyday Americans,” said Tony Carrk, the executive director of the progressive watchdog Accountable.US, which produced an extensive report on Moore’s views and positions. “So it’s no wonder they tapped a notorious social security opponent like Stephen Moore to help write their policy schemes.”

Moore, Carrk said, had “dedicated his career to slashing social security benefits and taxes for billionaires”. Like other welfare programmes such as Medicare, social security is a longstanding target of the US right but also something of a third rail for politicians of either party, given public support.

Joe Biden has said he “will not cut a single social security or Medicare benefit”.

 

Ronald Reagan telling the Truth about Social Security Versus Mitch McConnell LYING

 

 

Republicans are Debt Ceiling Hypocrites who spend more & raise the debt when a REPUBLICAN is President then demand cuts in spending when a Democrat is President

 

Republicans Creating Commission To Figure Out How To Cut Social Security And Medicare

Social Security and Medicare are still on the chopping block with Republicans, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced this week that a new “budget commission” being created will look at potentially cutting the programs. This is political self-destruction for Republicans, but millions of people may end up suffering before political retribution could be dealt at the ballot box. Jun 4, 2023

 

Republicans Release Plan to GUT Social Security

Jun 15, 2023 A panel of Republican lawmakers have just released their newest plan to strip you of your social security and Medicare benefits.

 

Republican Senator: Social Security Is UNFAIR To The Rich!

Republican Senator Ron Johnson seems to think his constituents don’t understand the concept of social security, calling it a “nanny state” program at the Senate Budget Committee hearing called “Protecting Social Security for All: Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share.”

 

REPUBLICAN Senator Ron Johnson caught Protecting the RICH

 

VIDEO PROOF: Republicans Want to Cut Social Security

Republicans has been wanting to cut Medicaid, Social Security and Medicare for YEARS. In the above video Republican Senator Mike Lee stated: “It will be my objective to phase out Social Security, to pull it up from the roots and get rid of it”.  Republican Florida Senator Rick Scott is called out by FOX NEWS John Roberts for wanting to Tax the Poor plus eliminate Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Republicans like Johnson make false claims of Social Security counting towards the national debt.

 

Mike Pence: It’s Time to CUT Social Security

Mike Pence went on TV and said the quiet part out loud when he talked about the Republican’s plan to privatize social security.

 

The GOP is Sacrificing Americans so Billionaires Can Profit Even More

Rightwing billionaires (who pay an average income tax of 3.4 percent) think the world is made up of “makers” and “takers.” 45,000 Americans die every year because they lack health insurance, including those who can’t access Medicaid.

 

Nikki Haley says she’s fine with “reforming entitlements” because it’s what her billionaire friends want.

 

 

‘Damaging cuts’ to Medicare and Social Security are looking more likely with McCarthy as House speaker. Here’s what it will mean for retirees.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made concessions to far-right GOP members to win his seat, which likely include cuts to Medicare and Social Security.

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS

Hard to understand why so many seniors vote for Republicans when their TOP priority is cutting Medicare and Social Security.

 

 

 

Republican Leaders Plot Forcing Choice Between Economic Ruin Or Social Security And Medicare Cuts

New reporting and interviews with Republican leaders have clarified House Republicans’ intent to use threats to block an increase to the debt limit – which could lead to a default and a major economic crisis – subject to demands for policy concessions.

Per the above article: “New reporting and interviews with Republican leaders have clarified House Republicans’ intent to use threats to block an increase to the debt limit – which could lead to a default and a major economic crisis – subject to demands for policy concessions”.

The Bipartisan Policy Center projects that the debt limit will need to be raised in the third quarter of 2023. Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) published a report last year titled: “Breaching the Debt Ceiling Could Harm Millions of Americans and Produce Economic Devastation.”

Debt limit fights were a hallmark of Republican congressional majorities during the Obama presidency, at the time Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell likened the tactic to hostage-taking. House Republicans now say one of their “top priorities” for a ransom in any future debt limit standoff would be demands for cuts to Social Security and Medicare:

Punchbowl: McCarthy On Debt Limit, Immigration And Ukraine

McCarthy signaled that Republicans would again hold the debt limit up for policy changes.
As we all remember, the debt limit was one of the bruising battles of the Obama presidency under then Speaker John Boehner. The U.S. government’s credit rating was downgraded for the first time ever following that 2011 debacle, but GOP lawmakers apparently are ready to try again in order to force “structural changes” to popular entitlement programs including Social Security and Medicare.

Here’s McCarthy on the debt limit:

“You can’t just continue down the path to keep spending and adding to the debt. And if people want to make a debt ceiling [for a longer period of time], just like anything else, there comes a point in time where, okay, we’ll provide you more money, but you got to change your current behavior. We’re not just going to keep lifting your credit card limit, right? And we should seriously sit together and [figure out] where can we eliminate some waste? Where can we make the economy grow stronger?”

We reminded McCarthy that he didn’t pitch these debt limit battles during the Trump era, during which the GOP ran up $7 trillion in new debt in only four years, including pandemic relief funding. Congress raised the debt ceiling three times during Trump’s presidency. Republicans only hold the borrowing cap hostage when Democrats are in the White House. McCarthy countered that President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have spent too much money, in his view.

We asked McCarthy if he intended to try to reform entitlements as part of the debt ceiling debate. McCarthy said he wouldn’t “predetermine” anything.

Bloomberg Government: Entitlement, Spending Cap Plans Linked by GOP to Debt-Limit Deal

“Social Security and Medicare eligibility changes, spending caps, and safety-net work requirements are among the top priorities for key House Republicans who want to use next year’s debt-limit deadline to extract concessions from Democrats.

The four Republicans interested in serving as House Budget Committee chairman in the next Congress said in interviews that next year’s deadline to raise or suspend the debt ceiling is a point of leverage if their party can win control of the House in the November midterm elections.

The Republican position — which members are still formulating — could set the stage for an explosive standoff next year, reminiscent of the 2011 negotiations when the Tea Party wave of Republicans took on the Obama administration over spending.”

It’s also possible Republicans will demand process-focused legislation — such as requiring a reduction in the debt-to-GDP ratio — that could subsequently put major entitlement programs in play.

If Congress doesn’t raise or suspend the debt limit by the deadline, the federal government would default on payments officials had already agreed to make. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned during 2021 negotiations that a default would be “a catastrophe” and could cause a financial crisis.

“The debt limit is clearly one of those tools that Republicans — that a Republican-controlled Congress — will use to make sure that we do everything we can to make this economy strong,” said Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) , the ranking member of the House Budget Committee. He’s seeking the top GOP spot on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee but said if he doesn’t get it, he’ll remain in his Budget Committee position.

Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), and Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) are seeking the top spot on the Budget Committee if Smith gets the Ways and Means role. Those three agreed Republicans must use the debt-limit deadline to enact fiscally conservative legislation. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), head of the Republican Study Committee’s Budget and Spending Task Force, also said the upcoming debt-limit deadline is “obviously a leverage point.”

 

Washington Post: GOP To Use Debt Limit To Force Spending Cuts, With Medicare, Social Security In Mix, McCarthy Says

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that if Republicans win control of the House the GOP will use raising the debt limit as leverage to force spending cuts — which could include cuts to Medicare and Social Security — and limit additional funding to Ukraine.

“You can’t just continue down the path to keep spending and adding to the debt,” the California Republican told Punchbowl News in a recent interview. “And if people want to make a debt ceiling [for a longer period of time], just like anything else, there comes a point in time where, okay, we’ll provide you more money, but you got to change your current behavior.”
“We’re not just going to keep lifting your credit card limit, right,” he added. “And we should seriously sit together and [figure out] where can we eliminate some waste? Where can we make the economy grow stronger?”

Pressed on whether changes to the entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security were part of the debt ceiling discussions, McCarthy said he would not “predetermine” anything.
The debt limit — the country’s borrowing cap — will need to be lifted next year to protect the country’s credit score and to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt. But McCarthy suggested that his party would be willing to hold the debt limit up for policy changes.

 

Axios: GOP Leaders Prepare For 2023 Debt Limit “Nightmare”

GOP leaders, congressional aides and business groups are preparing for a potential “nightmare scenario” next year if House Republicans take back the majority: a debt limit showdown reminiscent of the near-crisis in 2011.

Why it matters: There are serious question marks — and underlying anxiety — surrounding what type of leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will be if elected as House speaker. How he handles a debt limit showdown will be a crucial test of his leadership abilities for which key stakeholders are already privately planning.

 

The Hill: McConnell, McCarthy Public Splits Raise Questions About Ability To Govern

McConnell helped fashion a compromise in December that allowed Democrats to raise the debt limit through the Senate with a simple majority vote.
McCarthy and other House GOP leaders, by comparison, made raising the limit harder by saying they would not vote for such a measure even if it were attached to popular defense legislation.

This is already fueling anxiety that Congress is heading for another debt-limit standoff next year, with Republicans potentially in control of the House this time.
In 2011, the nation came perilously close to defaulting on its obligations with a Democrat in the White House and a GOP House. It prompted Standard and Poor’s to downgrade the nation’s credit rating.

 

Newsweek: Fox News Host Confronts GOP’s Scalise on Proposed Medicare Cuts: ‘Betrayal’

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, on Sunday was confronted over potential voter discontent with the GOP’s plans for Medicare.

Representative Scalise appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the upcoming midterm elections. As the minority whip, he is considered to be the second-highest-ranking Republican in the House.

As soon as his interview began, host Shannon Bream pressed Scalise over the party’s plans for Medicare and Social Security should they regain the House majority in this year’s midterms. Bream presented the lawmaker with a message from a concerned Fox News viewer, who characterized the GOP’s plan for Medicare as a potential “betrayal.”
“He’s a Republican, he’s very worried about you cutting his Medicare,” Bream said as she relayed the message she purported to have received on Twitter. “He says it’s a dealbreaker and a betrayal by the GOP.”

In June, the Republican Study Committee, of which Scalise is a member, released a budget plan that included numerous suggested reforms for Medicare and Social Security, including raising the eligibility ages for each program to 67 and 70, respectively. The proposal further called for withholding payments for individuals who retire early or had a certain level of income, and also suggested using private funding sources for Social Security to lower income taxes.

 

President Biden oversaw an 8.7% increase in Social Security benefits while Republicans want to CUT Social Security

 

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is a typical Republican who wants to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid.

 

Marco Rubio Makes It Clear: Republicans Will Cut Social Security And Medicare After Tax Cuts Pass

In an interview with Politico this past week, Republican Senator Marco Rubio made it painfully clear that his Party intends to cut Social Security and Medicare funding in the months to come, after they end up passing their corporate tax cuts, of course. The goal of the Republican Party is perfectly clear: They want to give everything they can to corporations while taking everything away from the rest of us.

 

 

Republicans Have Proposed To Cut Social Security Across The Board By More Than 21%’

 

 

Republicans want to roll back Medicaid, a program that insures nearly one in five Americans.

 

Republican Healthcare Bill Gives Tax Cuts to the Rich by Gutting Safety Net for Poor & Middle Class

 

Jul 23, 2021 – After Missouri Voters overwhelmingly voted for Medicaid Expansion, Republicans REFUSED to implement the Medicaid Expansion which was passed by voter referendum. The Missouri State Supreme Court ruled that Republicans cannot simply overrule the outcome of an election in which the state’s voters decided to amend the state constitution to expand Medicaid.

This is another example of how Republicans are adamantly against providing Medical Care for people, how they don’t gave a damn about Democracy or people’s votes and how at their core, they are anti-democratic fascist authoritarians.

 

Despite Trump’s promises NOT to cut Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security, that is exactly what he intends to do IF he is re-elected in 2020.

Trump has broken his promises to American seniors. His 2020 budget proposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Our seniors deserve better, and that is why we are fighting today and every day to elect Democrats up and down the ballot.

Trump’s just-released 2021 proposed budget calls for $292 billion in cuts to safety net programs (including Medicaid and food stamps), $170 billion in cuts to student loan forgiveness, a $3.3 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health, and a $6.2 billion cut to the Education Dept. Funding would rise for ICE, Customs & Border Protection, the border wall, NASA, and Veterans Affairs.

 

 

Republicans want to Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, VA Healthcare, Minimum Wage, Obamacare, Food Stamps, Child Health Care and more.

Republicans want to repeal every piece of legislation passed in the last 80 years which protects working people, children, the elderly or sick.

 

Fmr. GOP congressman: Why I changed my mind on Obamacare

Lawrence O’Donnell talks to Ezra Klein about the “catastrophic” CBO report – which estimates 22 million people would lose health care coverage – and GOP Rep. David Jolly shares his personal story of what happened when he found himself unemployed and uninsured. (June 26, 2017)

 

Senate GOP drafted a secret, partisan health care bill behind closed doors, refusing any meaningful bipartisan input on the bill and refusing to hold any hearings on this legislation that would impact one sixth of our economy. Senate Democrats today urged the GOP to reverse course on this tactic and release to the public the legislation that would impact the health and bottom lines of millions of Americans.  (Jun 13, 2017)

 

Chris Hayes Explains The ‘Shameless’ Mitch McConnell Doctrine

‘In an era of extreme polarization and weak institutions, you can get away with whatever you’re shameless enough to pursue,’ says Chris Hayes  (Jun 12, 2017)

 

Paul Ryan and Republicans want to give tax breaks to the rich and make the middle class & the poor pay for those tax breaks by increasing their taxes AND cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

 

Paul Ryan has been dreaming about cutting Medicaid Since College

 

Under president Bush, Republicans ran up a huge debt of 10 Trillion Dollars.  Now, they want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor and middle class, by cutting food stamps, social security, medicare and medicaid while refusing to cut military spending.

 

This chart shows where all of the money is going. There would be plenty of money for Social Security, Medicare Medicaid and Healthcare if so much wasn’t being wasted on the military and endless wars.

 

Republicans in Congress wanted to hold the debt ceiling hostage to force benefit cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and even Social Security. If they can’t get these cuts by threatening the solvency of our nation, their next opportunity will come as Congress attempts to craft a deficit reduction plan to avoid the $110 billion in automatic cuts delayed in the fiscal cliff legislation. Once again, many legislators have made it clear they expect seniors, retirees, the disabled, and the poor to pay down our deficit. They will demand drastic changes such as raising the retirement age, means testing, or changing the cost of living allowance (COLA) formula to cut benefits to millions of middle class and poor beneficiaries in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security who are still struggling in this economy.

Democrats in Congress succeeded in keeping these devastating benefit cuts out of the short-term “fiscal cliff” deal. Unfortunately, important leverage was also lost. Washington’s well-financed anti-entitlement lobby continues to pretend that “shared sacrifice” means that if a millionaire loses a tax break (which he or she doesn’t need and America can’t afford) then the middle-class and poor must also pay more for or risk losing their health care benefits in Medicare and Medicaid. [Source: http://ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow/entryid/1962/Cutting-Medicare-Medicaid-Social-Security-in-the-113th-Congress]

 

 

 

Republicans accuse Democrats of being fiscally irresponsible. But as the video above shows, it’s Republicans who are responsible for running up the Debt & Deficits due to their excessive Military Spending and Tax Breaks for the Rich

 

National Debt exploded under REPUBLICANS Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush due to excessive military spending and tax breaks for the RICH.

This was all part of the “Two Santa Clauses” plan whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as a good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans. Be sure to watch the SHOCKING video below about this.

 

REPUBLICANS increase the National Debt with excessive military spending and tax breaks to the RICH so there’s no money for Social Programs which benefit the middle class & the poor

 

The above video explains how for the past 40 years since Ronald Reagan was President, Republicans have been victimizing American using a tactic called the “Two Santa Clauses”, whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as the good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans.

In this way, Republicans are literately punishing Americans for voting for Democrats who are dedicated to helping the middle class and the poor while doing everything possible to make sure Democrats can’t help the middle class and the poor, to make them look like the “Bad Santa Clause”.

This is another example of how Republicans are RUTHLESS… ONLY caring about seizing, maintaining power, being subservient to Corporate Interests and the RICH.

 

The above video explains how George W. Bush took Democrat’s and Bill Clinton’s budget surplus and exploded the debt by almost 10 Trillion, doing what Republicans always do…. giving Tax Breaks to the Rich (as shown in the graphs below) and then tanked the economy.

 

The national debt was increased by a projected 8 Trillion by Trump and Republicans due to military spending and tax breaks for the RICH

 

Inventor Of Trickle Down Economics Says Trump’s Tax Plan Is “Dead on Arrival”

David Stockman, the economist who developed the theory of trickle down economics during the Reagan administration, says that Trump’s tax plan is a giveaway to the wealthy elite and that it will result in an economic downturn. Stockman has admitted that his theory of trickle down economics is implausible, and he regrets the damage that his policy has caused this country.

 

Trump Tax Cuts Add WAY More Debt Than Advertised

“Experts” low-balled the amount of debt the Republican tax plan would entail.

 

As shown in these graphs, Republicans are responsible for reckless spending and will NEVER have a balanced budget due to their “Trickle Down Economics”, “Starve the Beast” and “Two Santa Clauses” tactics.

 

Democrats balanced the budget when Clinton was president. Republicans and George W. Bush exploded the debt with unpaid for wars and tax breaks for the RICH.

 

Obama calls out Republicans for Causing Deficits and Debts

 

The Grover Norquist Tax Pledge which says Republicans shall never raise taxes helped skyrocket the Debt.

 

In an original broadcast essay, Bill says there’s more to Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge than ideology or principle — it’s also about Norquist’s efforts keep taxes low for his donor base of billionaires.

 

In this chart, the RED lines on the left side – the ones that keep doing DOWN – show what happened to jobs under the policies of Bush and the Republicans. We were losing lots and lots of jobs every month, and it was getting worse and worse. The BLUE lines – the ones that just go UP – show what happened to jobs when the stimulus was in effect. We stopped losing jobs and started gaining jobs, and it was getting better and better.

The leveling off on the right side of the chart shows what happened as the stimulus started to wind down: job creation leveled off at too low a level.

It looks a lot like the stimulus reversed what was going on before the stimulus. We have gone from losing around 850,000 jobs a month to gaining over 200,000 jobs a month.

Conclusion: THE STIMULUS WORKED BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH!

More False Things

These are just three of the false things that everyone “knows” because places like Fox News repeat them over and over and over. Some others are (click through): Obama bailed out the banks, businesses will hire if they get tax cuts, health care reform cost $1 trillion, Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme or is “going broke”, tax cuts grow the economy, government spending “takes money out of the economy.”

Actually This Reduced Spending And Lower Deficit Have Hurt The Economy

Government spending is literally, by definition, the things that government does to make our lives better. People have been tricked into thinking that government spending is somehow bad. The billionaires and giant corporations spread this nonsense around because they are greedy and just want their taxes lower. The top income tax rate used to be more than 90 percent and the top corporate tax rate used to be more than 50 percent. That was back when we built this country’s great infrastructure, had good schools and defended the world against the Soviet Union. We also had higher economic growth and a growing middle class.

Government spending does not “take money out of the economy.” In fact it puts money into the economy, creates jobs and lays the foundation for future prosperity. The decline in government spending shown in the charts above is the reason that the economy remains sluggish and jobs are still hard to get. Just look at that chart showing what the stimulus spending did for the job situation. But since the stimulus ended, Republicans have obstructed every effort to continue to use our government to help our economy.

 

WASTING TRILLIONS ON THE MILITARY

Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste

The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending.

 

As shown in the above graph, the United States spends more on the military than Russia, China, the UK and other countries COMBINED.

We’re 30 Trillion dollars in debt because of Republican’s wasteful, bloated military spending, giving tax breaks to large corporations & the RICH while refusing to make them pay their fair share. Republicans has no problem spending trillions of dollars on the military and wars, but they want to cut programs like food stamps, medicare, social security, etc which benefits regular Americans and the poor.

 

Sen. Sanders on ‘No’ Vote to $778 Billion Defense Budget

Unnecessary wars, trillions wasted on the military and Tax Breaks for the Rich is why we’re trillions in debt and have crumbling infrastructure.

NO ONE in congress has said anything about the Billions in Military Waste as reported in the above article “Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste”

If it weren’t for the trillions of dollars wasted on the military and trillions spent on past failed wars such as Viet-Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan and others, plus the Bush Tax cuts, we wouldn’t have a 20 Trillion Dollar debt.

Republicans are being RECKLESS by cutting taxes on the Rich and corporations when we have a 20 Trillion Dollar debt. That debt needs to be paid down.  The cold war is over… we don’t need to spend trillions on the military any more.   That money should be spent on the American people, the poor, the homeless, not bombs and wars.

The number of agencies contained in the United States Federal Government is mind boggling.  Here’s a list of US Government Agencies.

If we were shut down some of the agencies which are unnecessary and cut wasteful military spending, there would be a lot more money to help the poor & homeless in this country and increase Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits for American citizens.

 

Eisenhower’s Warning: Military Industrial Complex’s Growing Budget

United States military spending has ballooned since World War II, although Americans have historically been reluctant to go to war.

 

Military Spending is out of control