The GOP's Amazing Doublespeak On Medicare And Social Security

[DonViejo]

SAHIL KAPUR – APRIL 1, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT

The new Republican budget will adopt cuts to Medicare under Obamacare that the party is attacking Democrats for ahead of the 2014 congressional elections.

And it won't include cuts to Social Security that Republicans bashed President Barack Obama for omitting from his budget proposal just six weeks ago.

The blueprint, to be unveiled Tuesday by House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI), will shine a light on stark contradictions in the GOP's stance on these two programs. Slashing the retirement safety net is an overarching goal for wealthy donors and party elites, but their elderly voting base strongly opposes any cuts. While Republicans warn of a looming debt crisis if Medicare and Social Security aren't scaled back, they're knocking Democrats for Obamacare's $700 billion in Medicare payment cuts to hospitals, private insurers and other providers.

"We write to express deep concern about the impact of the cuts imposed by your health care law on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program," Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and five top Republicans wrote to Obama in February. They warned that the cuts "will force millions of American seniors to face higher health care costs or lose access to their doctor, health plan, lifesaving drugs, and the benefits they've come to rely on."

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[Sunlei]

1. It's hard to remove the 'for profit' claws from our 2 most major American benefits programs.

They don't want to give-up those billions in federal money, lose their 'for profit' cut of billions.

Republicans start to scream & lie early for their 'for profit' medical care industry corporate masters, you know the President must be on the right track.

President Obama please work harder on the Drug Corporations. Perhaps allow Americans to buy RX medication from other countries where prices are much lower.

[Scuba]

2. Deceiving the public is what the Republicans do best ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/12/03/surprise-obamacare-now-projected-to-cost-hundreds-of-billions-less-than-projected/

[SamKnause]

3. When will the American people

come out of their coma ?

Republicans LIE, it is part of their platform and the main tool that they use in their policy strategy.

Republicans are AGAINST everything that helps the poor and the working poor.

If the American people would wake up there is no amount of money that could get a Republican elected.

P.S. The Democratic Party lies as well. Just not on the scale and scope of the Republican Party.