Posted on 10/26/2022 9:54:28 AM PDT by NeverCheney
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, on Sunday was confronted over potential voter discontent with the GOP's plans for Medicare.
Representative Scalise appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the upcoming midterm elections. As the minority whip, he is considered to be the second-highest-ranking Republican in the House.
As soon as his interview began, host Shannon Bream pressed Scalise over the party's plans for Medicare and Social Security should they regain the House majority in this year's midterms. Bream presented the lawmaker with a message from a concerned Fox News viewer, who characterized the GOP's plan for Medicare as a potential "betrayal."
"He's a Republican, he's very worried about you cutting his Medicare," Bream said as she relayed the message she purported to have received on Twitter. "He says it's a dealbreaker and a betrayal by the GOP."
In June, the Republican Study Committee, of which Scalise is a member, released a budget plan that included numerous suggested reforms for Medicare and Social Security, including raising the eligibility ages for each program to 67 and 70, respectively. The proposal further called for withholding payments for individuals who retire early or had a certain level of income, and also suggested using private funding sources for Social Security to lower income taxes.
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Rick Scott talked about looking at EVERY federal program every 5 years. Because lots of ‘em are stupid and serve no purpose. The fact Social Security is a program does NOT put it in the catagory of programs that don’t serve a purpose.
Democrats pull out this BS about social security every election. They assume their base is too stupid to realize it’s dem fear porn.
That said, I’m sure there’s hundreds of ‘climate’ programs that would get the ax if Scott could convince anyone to go along with looking at every federal program every five years.
Exactly.
Round up every wetback and expel them from the country; they get caught sneaking back in shoot them — and shoot everybody that brought them in.
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