Posted on 03/01/2023 8:44:54 AM PST by SoConPubbie
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As a congressional candidate, DeSantis repeatedly expressed support for Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed overhaul to entitlement programs by privatizing aspects of Medicare and Social Security, as CNN's Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck uncovered earlier this week.
Congressman DeSantis went even further than that position. As Josh Barro wrote, DeSantis supported the even more drastic Republican Study Committee's budget proposal that aimed to balance the federal budget in four years, instead of Ryan's decade. To achieve such cuts, as the Committee for the Responsible Budget detailed back then, required changing Medicare to a partially private system by 2019 and raising the retirement age to 70. It would have also increased the full retirement age for Social Security to 70 as well.
There's a reason why changing these massively popular programs is regarded as one of the "third rails" of American politics. The AARP tore into Ryan's proposal at the time, particularly for its proposed changes to social security. The Obama campaign later delighted in bashing Republicans over Ryan's ideas after then-former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tapped him as his 2012 running mate. And DeSantis endorsed changes that went beyond what Ryan wanted.
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Trump has made it clear that he would not propose cuts to Social Security and Medicare and is ready to attack 2024 nomination challengers who have in the past.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Deepstate Trump just trying to keep the status quo.
Deep cuts? Business insider. They’re into drama. There is something to be said for DJT playing politician on this issue. Every proposed change will be called a cut-think grandma/wheelchair/cliff.
Don't fall for Business "Insider"- (BI)..... BS !!
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Business Insider = Globalist Liberal bullshit.
BI=BS
Good. All the more reason to vote for him.
“Deep cuts” - right...
Will Trump also be pushing for “Universal Health Care” like he did in 2016 and blast conservatives at campaign rallies to “get used to it!” ?
We have to face facts.
Voters love pork....Lots and lots of it.
Ideology is overrated.
“Voters love pork....Lots and lots of it.”
Voters love getting money from the government, they are not as happy with other people getting money from the government;
Trump will increase spending on all federal programs right after he bans items like bumpstocks. Again.
He wanted to raise retirement to 70. Thats fine for people who sit on their butt all day. My job wasn’t that easy
Business Insider is a RAT associated cesspool purposely trying to cause trouble.
Don’t help them.
The guy who blessed mail in ballots, big pharma spending, covid.checks paying people to stay home and businesses to stay closed, a bumpstock ban cuz what 2A, travel restrictions unless you’re an unvetted Syrian and no freedom to assemble unless you’re burning cities..
gosh. Sounds constitutional to me.
I have to laugh as people buy the lie where he says as prez I had no power to stop it because of the deep state boogeymen.
Don't tell me. Tell the guy who posted this drivel.
I’m sure he will. Trump is a lifelong big city big spending liberal who never vetoed a single Omnibus and ran our debt up a record 40% in just four years ($20T to $28T).
How so? Its true. It doesn’t take much effort to see what Ron was for and against. He is against people being able to retire at 62. He is for retirement at age 70
Rush Limbaugh spoke about this in his last weeks. He was criticized because his support for Trump led him to stop criticizing government spending (because Trump is a Daddy Warbucks in that regard). Rush said he was sick of constantly predicting the sky was falling over the deficit and then nothing ever happening.
I partly agree with that, yet we have to draw a line... we don’t need to antagonize people before 2024 but we do need to start consulting prudence again.
It’s going to literally take staring into the abyss before people wise up.
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