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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarco Rubio: After giving a tax cut to the rich, GOP will cut Social Security and Medicare
Advocates for seniors and the middle class have been warning for weeks that the Republican drive to cut taxes for the wealthy is the prelude to a larger attack on Social Security and Medicare.
In a videotaped interview with two Politico reporters Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the quiet parts out loud. Asked by interviewers Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman how to address the federal deficit, he replied: We have to do two things. We have to generate economic growth which generates revenue, while reducing spending. That will mean instituting structural changes to Social Security and Medicare for the future. (A video of Rubios appearance is here, with his remarks on Social Security and Medicare beginning at the 21:45 mark.)
The only thing thats new here is the explicit admission by a Republican officeholder that this is the GOPs master plan to eviscerate the welfare and retirement of American workers. Budget analysts have seen it coming with all the subtlety of a freight train. As we reported earlier this month, the damage begins with the so-called Paygo law (for pay as you go), which requires Congress to offset any increase in the federal deficit with spending cuts. The law limits Medicare cuts to 4% of its budget per year, or $25 billion of its $625-billion budget.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gop-social-security-20171130-story.html
WaPo article here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/01/gop-eyes-post-tax-cut-changes-to-welfare-medicare-and-social-security/?utm_term=.2b84a75ef194
mia
(8,363 posts)still_one
(92,479 posts)so he should represent them.
I will be surprised if he votes against it though
herding cats
(19,569 posts)davekriss
(4,633 posts)...dont even understand that Medicare is a federal government program, theyll get what they deserve. Unfortunately, their extreme ignorance of reality means the rest of us have to suffer, too.
Mariana
(14,861 posts)figure it won't ever affect them. They're probably correct about that. Cuts and changes will take place in the future or the current recipients will be grandfathered in and be able to remain with the current system. They don't give a fuck about the rest of us.
FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)down on their fucking nefarious evasion of facts. The majority of the voters in Florida belong in a bag of hammers since they elected this slimy snake.
shanny
(6,709 posts)to be President. smdh