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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 21:46:10 2019 Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, MedicareNEWSWEEK After instituting a $1.5 trillion tax cut and signing off on a $675 billion budget for the Department of Defense, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the only way to lower the record-high federal deficit would be to cut entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. "It’s disappointing but it’s not a Republican problem," McConnell said of the deficit, which grew 17 percent It’s disappointing but it’s not a Republican problem," McConnell said of the deficit, which grew 17 percent to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018. McConnell explained to Bloomberg that "it’s a bipartisan problem: Unwillingness to address the real drivers of the debt by doing anything to adjust those programs to the demographics of America in the future." The deficit has increased 77 percent since McConnell became majority leader in 2015. New Treasury Department analysis on Monday revealed that corporate tax cuts had a significant impact on the deficit this year. Federal revenue rose by 0.04 percent in 2018, a nearly 100 percent decrease last year’s 1.5 percent. In fiscal year 2018, tax receipts on corporate income fell to $205 billion from $297 billion in 2017. Still, McConnell insisted that the change had nothing to do with a lack of revenue or increased spending and instead was due to entitlement and welfare programs. The debt, he said, was very “disturbing” and driven by “the three big entitlement programs that are very popular, Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid...There’s been a bipartisan reluctance to tackle entitlement changes because of the popularity of those programs. Hopefully, at some point here, we’ll get serious about this.” President Donald Trump promised to leave Medicare untouched on the campaign trail, but Republican leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Florida Senator Marco Rubio have long indicated their desire to cut entitlement programs to pay for their tax cuts. "You have got to generate economic growth because growth generates revenue,” Rubio said at a Politico conference late last year. "But you also have to bring spending under control. And not discretionary spending. That isn’t the driver of our debt. The driver of our debt is the structure of Social Security and Medicare for future beneficiaries." “We're going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,” Speaker Ryan said on a conservative radio program around the same time. Democrats, meanwhile, jumped on McConnell’s admission as proof that Republicans had long planned to cut entitlement spending to fund the tax cuts that largely benefit corporations and wealthy Americans. “The truth comes out! This was their deceptive plan all along,” said Representative Lois Frankel of Florida. “When Republicans in Congress said their tax cuts to wealthy multinational corporations would pay for themselves, they lied,” wrote Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan on Twitter. “Now, they're going to try to come for hardworking people to foot the bill by slashing Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. We can't let them.” A recent Pew poll found that the majority of both Democrats and Republicans thought the rising federal deficit and cost of healthcare were major problems facing the U.S.-- something that Democrats are taking note of and will try to package into their midterm campaign platforms over the next three weeks. “Every Republican Senate candidate is on the hook for Mitch McConnell’s plan to cut Medicare and Social Security. First it was jeopardizing pre-existing conditions coverage, then it was pursuing an age tax that would charge older Americans more for care, and now it’s targeting the benefits Americans have paid into,” wrote Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman David Bergstein in a statement. “This platform is disqualifying, and just like taking away coverage for pre-existing conditions, it's exactly what GOP candidates don't want to be talking about weeks before the election.” NEWSWEEK MSN NEWS https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell-calls-to-cut-social-security-medicare/ar-BBOtGyE?fbclid=IwAR0IAzTav69wZXX7kQAlui60uuWcLAwO9c0cN5KrdHU21m570XZpqwiOU_M |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 21:59:29 2019, in response to Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 21:46:10 2019. That article was from October 2018, over a year ago, and nothing has happened. |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:02:02 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 21:59:29 2019. EVEN GEORGE W WANTED TO DO THISTHEY HAVENT GIVEN UP |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:03:44 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:02:02 2019. And yet it hasn’t been done. This is a scare tactic by the Liberal media to make people think the sky is falling. At the end of the day it will never pass because senior citizens are among the most regular voters so anyone who cuts current benefits will face a backlash. |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:08:56 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:03:44 2019. WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA ??BETTER NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN AGAIN |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:12:05 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:08:56 2019. I didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:18:08 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:12:05 2019. GOOD FOR YOU |
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Posted by bingbong on Tue Dec 10 22:19:17 2019, in response to Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 21:46:10 2019. They're dead. At least politically if they think they're going to so much as try. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 22:20:14 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:02:02 2019. No he did not. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 22:20:49 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:12:05 2019. I did. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 22:21:04 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:18:08 2019. Figures |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:25:02 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 22:20:49 2019. I also didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton. In New York it doesn’t matter. |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:41:33 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 22:21:04 2019. WHAT ??I DONT VOTE FOR IDIOTS |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Dec 10 22:41:58 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:08:56 2019. Who are you going to vote for? |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:42:11 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:25:02 2019. ME NEITHER |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:43:23 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by Train Dude on Tue Dec 10 22:41:58 2019. THATS A GOOD QUESTIONTHEY ARE ALL BOZOS TO ME GOOD QUESTION |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:44:16 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 22:20:14 2019. THEY WANTED TO DESTROY ALL OF FDR & LBJ PROGRAMS |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Dec 10 23:17:11 2019, in response to Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 21:46:10 2019. Meh, more Newsweak fake news. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 23:35:31 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:44:16 2019. No they do not. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 23:36:04 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:42:11 2019. Figures |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 23:41:05 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare?, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Dec 10 23:17:11 2019. NOPE |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 23:41:23 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 23:35:31 2019. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATHE JOKE WILL BE ON YOU |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 23:41:36 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 23:36:04 2019. WHAT ??????????????????????????????????? |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 23:42:13 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Dec 10 23:35:31 2019. THEY WANT TO END ALL OF FDR & LBJ PROGRAMS |
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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Dec 11 04:23:41 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by mtk52983 on Tue Dec 10 22:03:44 2019. It's telling, though, that the Republicans keep calling for it. That's not a neutral, harmless position. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Wed Dec 11 06:37:11 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:43:23 2019. 
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Posted by mtk52983 on Wed Dec 11 07:20:49 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by 3-9 on Wed Dec 11 04:23:41 2019. If they talk in the extreme it appeals to their base plus it is a negotiating ploy to get something else |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Dec 11 08:00:57 2019, in response to Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 21:46:10 2019. They wrote this story a year too early didn't they?Still more compassionate than Obama threatening to cancel the whole thing. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Wed Dec 11 08:38:53 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:02:02 2019. Cutting Social Security likely would not mean what you think it would mean. The likely solution is to upwardly adjust the age requirements for eligibility by 2-3 years beginning with the millennials. This has been done before and makes sense since life expectancy is now around 78. When social security was first implemented, the retirement age was 65 and life expectancy was 63.7 years. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Dec 11 08:47:00 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by mtk52983 on Wed Dec 11 07:20:49 2019. But it runs the risk that there may be actual attempts. The Democrats will almost certainly block it, but the probability of success becomes greater than 0, esp. if the Democrats are in a weak position.In any event, since this is coming directly from the Republicans, and not in the form of a subtle hint or veiled threat, you can't blame the media for this. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Dec 11 10:01:04 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Dec 10 22:41:33 2019. No, you're an idiot! |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Dec 11 12:58:36 2019, in response to Re: Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Dec 11 08:00:57 2019. OBAMA CUT SOCIAL SECURITY ??WOAH |
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