Ron Johnson says funding for Social Security and Medicare should be optional

[turbinetree]

By Josh Israel -August 4, 2022 10:57 AM

Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes responded, 'Self-serving, multimillionaire senator Ron Johnson wants to strip working people of the Social Security and Medicare they've earned.'

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said on Aug. 2 that the nation's safety net programs should be made discretionary, putting their guaranteed benefits at risk for millions of older Americans. He joins a growing number of Republican Senate incumbents and challengers who are calling for major changes to the decades-old entitlements.

In an interview on Wisconsin radio station WTAQ with right-wing host Joe Giganti, Johnson argued that instead of Social Security and Medicare being funded through mandatory spending, Congress should be able to choose how much to spend on the programs each year so they don't "pile up debt" over time.

https://americanindependent.com/ron-johnson-wisconsin-senate-mandela-barnes-social-security-medicare-funding-discretionary-2022-election/

Hey R-Johnson, you, and that fraudsters R-Rick Scott (FL) and R-Blake Masters AR, paid exactly how much into social security while you were working, well, well, the fucking answer to that is that after "you" and your crony carnival barkers like Scott and Master don't pay a dime into the fund after you make $144,800.01 not one dime, while some on Social Security paid into the system for over 45 years....because I trust my government with "MY" money and not shysters like you three and your party beholden to the ponzi scheme in private equity and wall street.....so really go pound sand do you know by chance how many people in Wisconsin are on the two programs you hate.........here is a reminder ......of who you want to put out into the streets.....

https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/factsheets/cong_stats/2020/wi.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Ron Johnson should be optional.

Eat some shit, Ron!

[Wounded Bear]

5. What he said! nt

[cojoel]

14. I hope the Wisconsin voters

option him to the minor leagues

[Walleye]

2. Republicans chasing the car again, be careful you don't catch it

[Emile]

17. LOL +1

[Ohio Joe]

3. Fuck you Ron...

I really don't get how anyone casts so much as a single vote for scumbags like this... They openly want you dead. So very fucked up.

[pwb]

4. The reporters need to let that guy walk on by.

It is a disservice to invite the freaks to speak.

[867-5309.]

6. Anyone who votes for this guy deserves what they get

You will have morons voting for him, see their SS checks get reduced, and never make the connection. Or somehow blame Democrats.

[patphil]

7. Senator Johnson will get 80% or more of his current salary as a pension.

Current salary is $174,000. That would make his pension nearly $140,000.

https://www.thoughtco.com/salaries-and-benefits-of-congress-members-3322282

His current net worth is estimated at about $40 million.

https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/ron-johnson/net-worth?cid=N00032546&year=2018

So, Senator Johnson doesn't need Social Security to survive, so why would he give a shit about it? To him, it's a worthless expense in the budget, but most retirees rely on it to make ends meet.
Like Lindsey Graham, who also wants to do away with Social Security and Medicare, they have no interest in the financial and medical health of retirees.
Fuck'em both!

Note: Senator Graham's net worth is $105 million.

https://www.thoughtco.com/salaries-and-benefits-of-congress-members-3322282

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Huh?

How the heck did Graham accumulate 9 figures?
He's only a year older than me, and was military until 1989.
He was in private practice only a few years, then was a lawyer & legislator for the last 30 years.
When would he have time to, legitimately, build a $105 million fortune?
Something awfully suspicious about that.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

8. Eat The Rich, they say

But jeezus, Ron would be stringy and tough.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Lots of stray cats and dogs going underfed.

[CottonBear]

9. Go fuck yourself, Ron, you stupid, evil MF.

[maxsolomon]

10. He doesn't even understand the programs he's attacking.

JFC, WI, show some brains this time an dump this stupid lying clown.

He PROMISED he'd term-limit himself and he's going back on that.

[alterfurz]

11. In a party filled with morons, traitors, and sociopaths...

...RoJo the Clueless Clown is a three-fer.

[Bayard]

12. Amazing

How rich old white guys get to make life and death decisions on the little people.

[JustAnotherGen]

15. God - I hope Wisconsin Voters

Leave nothing on the table - and get this son of biscuit eater out of there.

[Bucky]

18. Good. Hold him to that. Repeat that throughout the election.

Stuff it down his irresponsible throat at every campaign stop

[durablend]

19. Hey Ron

I want EVERY DIME I paid in back *with interest*

Until that happens, shut the fuck up