Republicans Plan to Use Debt Limit Leverage to Reduce Social Security, Medicare: Report

Yahoo ^ | Oct 12 2022 | Michael Rainey

[NeverCheney]

Republicans in the House are planning to use a potential showdown next year over raising the federal debt limit to make changes in Social Security and Medicare, Bloomberg’s Jack Fitzpatrick reports.

[NeverCheney]

The GOP says we can’t afford Social Security. But we CAN afford foreign aid and billions for Ukraine.

[ClearCase_guy]

Golly. A story like this? Coming out right before the mid-terms? I wonder if anyone is trying to scare the old folks???

[moovova]

The GOP may one day run out of feet to shoot themselves in.

[Tench_Coxe]

That’s exactly what it is.

[FlipWilson]

Oh lookey here. Another “Republicans plan to hurt old people” article just before the mid-terms.

Sorry, Yahoo, they can’t hurt the old people, the democrats already fed them into the wood chipper of nursing homes during Covid.

[Fledermaus]

Lies

[ConservativeMind]

We need to chop the budget to 1/10 what it is today, and lay off the majority of federal workers.

[Gaffer]

That’s my bet. Undoubtedly. I’m STILL not voting for ANY Democrat, period.

[dforest]

I think this is bullchip, The GOP is stupid, but not this stupid.

[TexasGator]

“The GOP says we can’t afford Social Security. But we CAN afford foreign aid and billions for Ukraine.”

Kevin McCarthy signals Republicans could withhold more aid to Ukraine if they win the House: ‘It’s not a free blank check’

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4101512/posts

[dforest]

They don’t need to reduce SS. The covid fake vaxes will make that issue moot.

[traderrob6]

Just the semi-annual “Republicans plan to take away your Social Security” blather. Just the obligatory sewage the Dims have been spewing prior to elections for the last 3 decades.

[dforest]

Get rid of illegal aliens and cut funding foreign war spending.

[4Liberty]

[Taxman]

More fake news BS FRom LIEberal Yahoo!

[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

And the GOP is going to finally, FINALLY, push granny in the wheelchair off that cliff!!!

[Dan in Wichita]

You’re being sarcastic, right? If not, you’re easily fooled by the leftist media. Shame on you.

[Macoozie]

NON discretionary Transfer Payments is 3/4 of the Federal budget.

$100 B. to Criminals in Ukraine pales in comparison to all of the spending on auto-pilot.

There is no SS “Trust Fund”, It’s been spent.

So, devalue, inflate, then War, then confiscate Gold, then issue the “New” currency.
(Why do you think Billy bought all that farmland?)

It’s not like they haven’t done this to the people before.

[imabadboy99]

The MSM contributes billions and billions of $ in free campaign advertising to the Democrats, and they are never held accountable, despite using public airwaves to do so.

[SeeSharp]

The money we've spent honoring out 1991 treaty commitment to Ukraine doesn't even add up to a rounding error on the Social Security budget. You are comparing less than twenty billion to over 1.1 trillion.

See: Social Security Income, Cost, and Asset Reserves