No, the GOP Isn't Cutting Your Social Security and Medicare

PJ Media ^ | 02/25/2025 | Paula Bolyard

[SeekAndFind]

Think back to 2012 with me: the Tea Party was roaring across the country. Americans were carrying around pocket Constitutions and demanding spending cuts. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was touting the GOP "Path to Prosperity."

And Democrats pounced.

A left-wing group, the Agenda Project Action Fund, aired an ad showing a character representing Ryan pushing Grandma off the cliff.

The Left wailed and writhed, claiming that Republicans were trying to "end Medicare as we know it" and destroy Social Security. 

Fast-forward 15 years, and Democrats are at it again, claiming falsely that the House's 2025 budget resolution will end entitlements. A left-wing group called Social Security Works has been at the forefront of the fear-mongering, claiming on X that the GOP budget would cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The group—created "to elect leaders who will expand Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid"—posted this nonsense over the weekend: 

House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

That’s TRILLION.

With a T.— Social Security Works (@SSWorks) February 23, 2025

Trump and Musk are LYING about Social Security to erode confidence in the most popular program in the country.

For nearly 90 years Social Security has delivered timely benefits to America’s seniors, people with disabilities, and survivors!— Social Security Works (@SSWorks) February 21, 2025

Newsflash: Cutting waste, fraud, and abuse isn't taking money out of the pockets of senior citizens or anyone else. 

Nor is it slashing Medicare or Medicaid benefits.

[SeekAndFind]

FORGET THE FAKE NEWS AND HYSTERICS.

Here's what the budget reconciliation does do, according to the House Budget Committee: 

• Provide tax relief for working families and small businesses; 
• Reverse the Biden-Harris administration’s whole of government assault on domestic energy;
• Rein-in reckless spending that lit the fuse on inflation; 
• Give the Trump-Vance administration the critical resources they need to secure our border and strengthen our national security.

President Trump has enthusiastically endorsed the GOP budget resolution: 

The House and Senate are doing a SPECTACULAR job of working together as one unified, and unbeatable, TEAM, however, unlike the Lindsey Graham version of the very important Legislation currently being discussed, the House Resolution implements my FULL America First Agenda, EVERYTHING, not just parts of it! We need both Chambers to pass the House Budget to “kickstart” the Reconciliation process, and move all of our priorities to the concept of, “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.” It will, without question, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

In addition, everyone from Americans for Tax Reform to Americans for Prosperity to the Cato Institute has endorsed the plan.

Trump vowed in an interview with Sean Hannity last week, "Social Security won't be touched, other than if there's fraud or something. It's going to be strengthened. Medicare, Medicaid — none of that stuff is going to be touched."

[AppyPappy]

I believe they talked about cutting illegals out of Medicaid

[butlerweave]

Just removing Illegals from Social Security and Medicare

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I believe they talked about cutting illegals out of Medicaid

That should be done IN PRINCIPLE. The only problem I see is a question — What do we do when we find illegals with a contagious disease? (NOTE: we have a measles epidemic going on in Southern Texas and New Mexico even as we speak ).

[SkiKnee]

According to congressional democrats, republicans have been cutting social security and medicare since 1994! Republicans have been trying to kill grandma and starve little kids as long as I can remember. I really wish democrats would find a new song to sing. This one has gotten old.

[Tom Tetroxide]

Except to those that are 117 and older!

[alloysteel]

Now THAT (removing illegals and ineligibles from the rolls) is far too simple and straightforward. Never fly with the Deep State or the (now) Democrat minority.

Just have to drain the Swamp and not let the Democrats gain a majority again, for decades, if necessary. Not until they finally embrace the United States as the national entity to whom they OWE allegiance.

[rxh4n1]

” What do we do when we find illegals with a contagious disease? (NOTE: we have a measles epidemic going on in Southern Texas and New Mexico even as we speak ).”

Treat them and send the bills to their home governments.

[napscoordinator]

880 billion out of Medicaid. You may be thinking they won’t pass the bill so Medicaid won’t be cut. You may be right. We can only lose one vote in the house.

[napscoordinator]

I’d rather they not request 4.7 trillion be added to the debt. I thought we were getting musk to save us money. Yet they are wanting to make the debt 40 trillion. Ugh.

[flamberge]

The biggest risk to Social Security is "malicious compliance" or outright sabotage of the system by disgruntled SSA employees, with consequent disruption of payments.

A second risk to the system is inaccurate fraud detection efforts which end up targeting legitimate beneficiaries and cutting off their payments.

Let either case persist very long, and most of the unfortunate victims will be dead, making restitution rather difficult.

On the other hand, the discovery that 20% of the people registered in the system are imaginary means the required benefits payments will be quite a bit lower than expected. The system may be in much a better actuarial state than we thought.

Now, how do we find all of those imaginary people in the system? How do we delist them without making mistakes?

[Nifster]

Just load em up and send them home

[rxh4n1]

“Just load em up and send them home”

I know. We should just do that, but we’re the good guys so we have to be Dudley Do-rights. We have to better than the left.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Nifster]

Disease infested illegals are not our friends