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TRUMP and the GQP is coming for your Social Security, Medicare and VA Healthcare


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34 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

If he said that? There’s video of it. Good heavens man! Anyone with the ability to think knows that entitlement programs cannot continue indefinitely on their current course. That doesn’t in any way assume you understand that as you are essentially a parrot for what the left tells you. Even Joe professed to know that at one time.

 

I have an open mind on solutions. 

Glad he is rubbing GOP's nose in it now. That's funny he said it too, makes it even better! 

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1 minute ago, Tiberius said:

Glad he is rubbing GOP's nose in it now. That's funny he said it too, makes it even better! 

It’s moments like this when I wish it was still semi-acceptable to use the word “######”. It’s not, so I won’t. Can’t stop me from thinking it though. 

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2 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

Glad he is rubbing GOP's nose in it now. That's funny he said it too, makes it even better! 

Translation….., now that he’s President he has completely flip flopped on an issue that because of his age will never affect him in an effort to retain power. Fantastic! 

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23 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

What does any of this matter? The world is ending in seven years. Tick, tick, tick 

ITs funny when they parrot that.  

 

Its some shady theory about us being in the 6th Mass extinction event. that supposedly is human caused and started with us.  IE, we are the problem and reason for this mass extinction event.

 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12816

 

And based off this Book.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Extinction:_An_Unnatural_History that was wrote in 2014

 

By Elizabeth Kolbert.  Who is not a scientist. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Kolbert

 

But has a history of writing for such nonbiased sites as NYT and Wa Po.  So that makes her the expert in this theory.

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Doc said:

Thanks to Joke for finally killing this as a talking point by claifying that the Repubs don't want to get rid of them.  Talk about an own goal.

Reminded me of a scene from a Few Good Men where Demi Moore gets the hostile witness to completely reinforce the defense’s point. 😂

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8 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Reminded me of a scene from a Few Good Men where Demi Moore gets the hostile witness to completely reinforce the defense’s point. 😂

When it comes to government spending being unsustainable, my favorite is "you want the truth", "you can't handle the truth".  With the audience for the claim being the voters.  I think it was Jung that said "people cannot stand too much reality".  Fortunately for them, denying reality is the core competency and guiding principle of the current administration.

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5 minutes ago, redtail hawk said:

https://thehill.com/finance/3850036-republicans-social-security-medicare-debt-ceiling/

This seems an accurate portrayal of top R's stance on medicare and SS.  Scott was clearly targeted by Biden.  I think scrapping everything every 5 years is nuts.

 

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I think most paying attention knows that it needs to be fixed. something needs to be done.

 

Those five fellas Ideas have some merit if the goal is to control cost to preserve it long term.

 

I don't think ending it every five years does that. 

 

I do think they should be totally separate expenditure bills though.  how, no effing clue.

 

****Also, I believe if you let people buy Medicare you actually fix two problems.  you make that policy strong, and you help fix our problems with private insurance and medical cost by creating the low-cost government option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, redtail hawk said:

https://thehill.com/finance/3850036-republicans-social-security-medicare-debt-ceiling/

This seems an accurate portrayal of top R's stance on medicare and SS.  Scott was clearly targeted by Biden.  I think scrapping everything every 5 years is nuts.

 

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The model isn't working, payroll taxes aren't covering the entitlement benefits being paid.  I believe I read that it will be insolvent in less that 15 years, at the current rate.  Ignoring this or demonizing folks who want to address it doesn’t fix the problem.   

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Some parts of the country opted out of social security in the 80's . they created private accounts.  and none of them have issues like SS and they pay out much better

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2011/05/12/how-three-texas-counties-created-personal-social-security-accounts-and-prospered/?sh=4abe11933283

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11 minutes ago, Tenhigh said:

The model isn't working, payroll taxes aren't covering the entitlement benefits being paid.  I believe I read that it will be insolvent in less that 15 years, at the current rate.  Ignoring this or demonizing folks who want to address it doesn’t fix the problem.   

All of which Senator Biden understood before he evolved into full pander mode. 

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