This is a lie meant to fire up Seniors right before the midterms, IMO it shows the Democrats are desperate by throwing out this issue because nothing else is working.
I’ve not heard a single Republican mention anything about Social Security.
Florida Senator Rick Scott Defends Social Security Plans on Fox News
Scott’s “11-Point Plan to Rescue America” included a provision that all legislation would have to be re-passed every five years, leading to questions about Social Security’s future.
The plan has been controversial. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate Minority leader, has expressed his public opposition — while Democrats have seized on some of its specific proposals, including a call for everyone in the country, even the very poor, to pay federal income taxes.
Also controversial has been the plan’s approach to Social Security. While the program is only mentioned briefly, Scott’s document says it would “force Congress to issue a report every year telling the public what they plan to do when Social Security and Medicare go bankrupt.” In addition, the plan calls for “no government assistance unless you are disabled or aggressively seeking work.” It also calls for all legislation to sunset after five years, requiring Congress to pass laws again if they are considered to be worth keeping.
“We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years,” McConnell said last week. “That will not be part of the Republican Senate majority agenda.”
“No one that I know of wants to sunset Medicare or Social Security, but what we’re doing is we don’t even talk about it. Medicare goes bankrupt in four years. Social Security goes bankrupt in 12 years,” Scott said, referencing last year’s Social Security Trustees report, which had the main trust fund running out a year earlier than previously projected.
“I think we ought to figure out how we preserve those programs. Every program that we care about, we ought to stop and take the time to preserve those programs.”
I understand what point he was trying to make, but I saw him saying all this without any detail in an alection year.
This is why I like FR. Just as I’m about to go over the edge after reading something, somebody reels me back in.
Thank you!