Not fat or bloated bureaucracy.
They want to punish you. Make you feel pain.
The only fix is to call their bluff, and get rid of those in charge asap.
Let the pain make you hate.
There is not going to be a default, this hysteria needs to stop.
This is propaganda. No way is “Social Security and Medicare payments, veterans benefits, and SNAP” being considered to be “the first to go”.
You notice the welfare checks (EBT cards) are perfectly safe and fully funded while Social Security which is paid by wage deductions are not available.
This thing could be solved in 20 minutes. Republicans want a tiny little decrease in the rate of money printing. Not a real cut, just a slight decrease in the insane borrowing.
Biden and the Dems say not a penny less and will place all the blame on McCarthy. It’s all politics and the Demon Party plays dirty like their master.
Praying and hoping the American people wake up to this monetary orgy which is the real danger to our future.
I wrote this before and I will write it again.
Shut it down!
Just the same ole playbook they have used for the last 75
years.
The fear scripts are already written — just need to be dusted off.
Social Security ... payments, ... could be among the first to go.
These can be funded out of the Social Security “Trust Fund” with no net impact on the debt.
Business Insiders=damn liars on the separate trust fund social security and Medicare trust fund.
LIARS! With their phony fear tactics once again. Those would be the very last programs they’d ever touch because they know damn well there would be hell to pay.
This article is an abject lie. The mainstream government stenographers are doing their jobs. Who the government pays is a choice. There are plenty of other things to not pay. May I suggest every single lazy ass federal employee, less military, be sent home without pay. We will be a more free and prosperous nation.
Social Security and Medicare Part A and Medicare Parts B&D have trust funds.
These trust funds hold federal debt securities.
The Medicare securities can be paid out to providers and then sold by the providers for say 99 cents on the dollar.
The Social Security debt securities might be paid out to states, which could sell them for say 99 cents on the dollar and then put the proceeds in recipients’ bank accounts. This would mean payment delays of about two weeks in the first month.
Good grief. Really?
Did people not think this was going to happen?
Not having a strategy is not a strategy.
As far as I know the VA doesn’t have a trust fund system.
Therefore, federal benefit funding would vanish after default. It might be restored for a few days around the first estimated tax due date but only a debt deal could restore its federal funding.
States have veterans offices so states might pick up some of the slack, but it would only be for a small percentage of things and people.
Vietnam veterans are now over 65 so they would get Medicare and Social Security in most cases.
The Gulf & Iraq & Afghanistan veterans are the most likely to be needy and not get help after default.
I don’t understand why they don’t make cuts to the budget like they are supposed to instead of the debt increase which is money spent already. Nobody seems to know how a budget works. Too many CR which is ridiculous. Now because they are clueless, they think cutting spending is in the debt increase. No wonder we spent 7 trillion since 2017.
SNAP payouts are likely to made for June.
As for July, I can’t say for sure.
Grocery stores will make special deals for SNAP card holders to avoid looting.
When the Left was in total control, those areas were assured
to remain safe during the budget battles.
Now the Left says they won’t.
You’re exactly right about what they cut when they try to
blackmail us.
You did forget libraries, school sports and music programs.
I’ve never seen storm clouds on the horizon to the level
I am today.
The US cannot and will not default on its’ debt. This is merely a scare tactic.
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Medicare Trust Funds
Medicare is paid for through 2 trust fund accounts held by the U.S. Treasury. These funds can only be used for Medicare.
Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund
How is it funded?
Payroll taxes paid by most employees, employers, and people who are self-employed
Other sources, like these:
Income taxes paid on Social Security benefits
Interest earned on the trust fund investments
Medicare Part A premiums from people who aren’t eligible for premium-free Part A
What does it pay for?
Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits , like inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility (snf) care , home health care , and hospice care
Medicare Program administration, like costs for paying benefits, collecting Medicare taxes, and fighting fraud and abuse
Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund
How is it funded?
Funds authorized by Congress
Premiums from people enrolled in Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) and Medicare Drug Coverage (Part D)
Other sources, like interest earned on the trust fund investments
What does it pay for?
Part B benefits
Part D
Medicare Program administration, like costs for paying benefits and for fighting fraud and abuse
https://www.medicare.gov/about-us/how-is-medicare-funded
I bet you won't see one dollar cut from foreign aid, even to countries that hate our guts, or to UN entities that also hate our guts.