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Showing Original Post only (View all)GOP Relief Package to Include Romney Bill That Would 'Fast-Track SS & Medicare cuts [View all]
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/24/gop-coronavirus-relief-package-include-romney-bill-would-fast-track-social-security?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook"They will use every opportunity and every crisisincluding the mass death and economic carnage from Covidas cover for their sick desire to destroy our Social Security system."
byJake Johnson, staff writer
Shortly after publicly ditching one attack on Social Securitythe payroll tax cutSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed Thursday that the Republican coronavirus relief package will include legislation sponsored by Sen. Mitt Romney that one advocacy group described as an "equally menacing" threat to the New Deal program.
In a speech on the Senate floor, McConnell touted Romney's TRUST ACT as "a bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Senate Democrats, to help a future Congress evaluate bipartisan proposals for protecting and strengthening the programs that Americans count on."
"In the midst of a catastrophic pandemic, they should be focused on protecting seniors, essential workers, and the unemployed. Instead, they are plotting to use the cover of the pandemic to slash Social Security."
Nancy Altman, Social Security Works
Ostensibly an effort to "rescue" America's trust fund programs, Romney's billfirst introduced last October with the backing of three Democratic senatorswould initiate a secretive process that could result in cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits, a longtime objective of lawmakers like the Utah Republican.
Romney celebrated the inclusion of his bill Thursday and pointed to statements praising the legislation from a slew of right-wing advocacy groups, including the Koch-funded organization Americans for Prosperity.
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GOP Relief Package to Include Romney Bill That Would 'Fast-Track SS & Medicare cuts [View all]
G_j
Jul 2020
OP
This is why I didn't praise him during impeachment or anytime he bad mouths trump
jimfields33
Jul 2020
#6
They should get increased payments if they pay more in, unless you want means testing! nt
USALiberal
Jul 2020
#25
Then introduce a rule saying that the Trust Fund can NEVER be used to borrow tax cuts for those...
WyattKansas
Jul 2020
#39
Does DU have enough activists to make their voices heard regarding this? Little ole me contacted
Ninga
Jul 2020
#21
I wonder how much they've saved in payouts due to the deaths of SS Covid victims?
Frustratedlady
Jul 2020
#22
Even some of my Trumper high school friends have made it clear that you don't screw with their SS.
Thomas Hurt
Jul 2020
#34
So, when are we going to address the automatic cut in Social Security of 23% that will occur
Hoyt
Jul 2020
#35