Rick Scott Tells Seniors To Get To Work As GOP Eyes Gutting Social Security

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https://www.politicususa.com/2022/07/17/rick-scott-seniors-work.html

Posted on Sun, Jul 17th, 2022 by Jason Easley
Rick Scott Tells Seniors To Get To Work As GOP Eyes Gutting Social Security


While claiming that he wanted Americans to get to work despite the lowest unemployment rate in a half a century, Rick Scott said every able-bodied person should get a job.

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Scott said, “Here is what I believe. We’ve got to get Americans back to work. If you’re able-bodied, don’t have young children, incapacitated, dependant, get to work.”

Notice who Sen. Scott left off of his list. Scott didn’t mention seniors as people who should not have to get to work. The reason why Rick Scott didn’t mention seniors as people who should not be forced to get a job is that he and his party are planning to cut Social Security if they ever get total control of the federal government.

All of those 70-90-year-old Americans out there, if they are still able-bodied, they need to get off of the government dime and get jobs. Scott’s tax plan is to make seniors on Social Security play at least $1,000 in federal income taxes a year.

The Republican plan is to gut Social Security and Medicare by raising the age requirements and cutting benefits.

Republicans plan to pay for more tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations by forcing senior citizens back into the workforce.

[Walleye]

1. We certainly ought to be able to win elections campaigning against cutting Social Security

[Native]

70. You would think so, but I'm not so sure.

[LakeArenal]

2. Seniors get paid low wages and no benefits.

Especially if physically can only work part time.

Isn't his whole state 70-90 year olds?

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. Exactly what this ghoul wants.

And, he has to pretend that nobody is working to accomplish his beloved cuts to Medicare and social security.

Lies, lies, and more lies all the time.

[LakeArenal]

25. "Get off the governments dime"

It’s my dime and my employers dime.

What’s his pension? What is his monthly retirement going to be? He’s the one on the governments dime. Or wants to be. Or was 😖😖

[cloudboy07]

44. Scott's pension is medicare fraud!

they better get off this S.S. & medicare cuts shit ! we pay for that stuff ! all he is worried about is getting more tax cut's for rich ass-hole freind's !

[SergeStorms]

45. Still is.

A lifetime of health benefits and a fat pension for that selfish cretin.

[Native]

74. Get rid of "the illegals" and we'll have plenty of jobs we can fill.

Don't much matter how low the unemployment rate is then! I can't believe I actually thought we couldn't possibly get another governor as bad as Voldemort, and along comes DeathSentence. I guess I need to find me a black market disability designation so I'm not picking tomatoes in 104° heat.

[Captain Zero]

76. I'm sure Disney is looking for some 80 yr olds

To sing and dance.

[Native]

79. 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[overleft]

3. Every voter of every party needs to see this!

[Native]

75. He's been touting this plan on Fox for some time, and they've even called him on it.

I dont think it's made a difference.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. He worked hard stealing hundreds of millions from Medicare.

[Native]

77. Yup, and that was all over the news when he was campaigning, and he still got elected.

Florida, where people go to live out the last of their years voting consistently against their own best interests!

[FakeNoose]

5. Bizarre and hateful comments here, they've been asking baby boomers to retire

Now it's a complete about-face.

[Historic NY]

6. He need to lounge at one of his houses and wants his meals brought to him chop chop when he is out.

is this guy too much he stole all the medicare money and got off .

[Elessar Zappa]

8. Democrats need to pound home the fact that

Republicans will gut Social Security. Most voters are seniors so this is low hanging fruit.

[Rebl2]

32. Absolutely

Of course the rich won’t care.

[SergeStorms]

53. And Trumpublican Seniors....

won't believe a word of it: until it's far too late, they have no more benefits, and they're fighting with seagulls and rats for whatever scraps they can find.
"Why didn't anyone tell us"?
"We tried, but you loved your hate more than your fellow man".

[Celerity]

69. brilliant

"We tried, but you loved your hate more than your fellow man".

[Native]

80. +1,000

[Abigail_Adams]

92. Until Bernie Sanders

gets his way, I fervently hope, and gets the Social Security cap lifted. Why should the richest stop paying after reaching the highest level?

[Rebl2]

94. I so agree!

Have thought that long before I had heard of Sanders. I remember telling my republican sister about the fact that when you reach the cap (not sure what it is now) you no longer pay into SS. She was very surprised to say the least and not happy about it.

[Aristus]

9. You watch. Retirement-age Republicans are still going to vote for this m****rf****r

"He won't cut MY Social Security" they'll think in those dim, poorly-reflective brains of theirs. "Not mine. Just everyone else's".

And the U.S will slowly devolve into medieval Russia, but with golf courses.

[duckworth969]

21. Voting against their own interests

[shrike3]

97. Yep, so long as it doesn't affect them (they think) they'll vote for it.

[Marcuse]

10. Boomers come full circle.

[Hekate]

15. ?? In 1958 I was 11 years old and my youngest brother was 1 year old. How were we setting policy?

How were we influencing cultural opinion with our music groups? Which of us was in the Senate or House?

Did I miss something in your comment?

[Marcuse]

24. We retirees may need to get another job.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. The billionaire owners of the radicalized R party have an insatiable greed.

[KentuckyWoman]

56. They are in the process of trashing the IRA and 401K gains under Obama.

The Republican party does not want a middle class. They want serfs and oligarchs. What many of them are too stupid to realize is eventually they will destroy themselves if they get their wish.

[Cha]

12. That Reptilian MF needs to GET BACKLASH!!

I read that before the Psycho was Kicked out of Office he was going to cut the Tax that funded our SS..

Well here's More of this Shit! Magat Seniors better Wake the Fuck UP & anyone who cares about their SS that they're paid into all their Working LIVES!

Link to tweet

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[RKP5637]

18. K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Cha]

64. Mahalo, RKP!

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[RKP5637]

82. ...

[Bettie]

20. MAGAT seniors probably think their

payments will be safe, but they get to screw over people who aren't already on SS.

That makes them happy, sparks joy.

[Mariana]

22. It's a good gamble, because their payments are almost certainly safe.

The last time SS benefits were cut (by increasing the retirement age), it was only done to younger people.

[Bettie]

71. The people who will be screwed are, well, those of us under 70

who will find that there is nothing to replace this...should they get all three branches of government.

But, they won't. They can't.

[Cha]

65. Yeah, they're a sick bunch of speacil

kind of Stupid.

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[Tree Lady]

13. Needs to talk to people over 50

About how impossible it is to get a good job.

And I don't think gutting SS is a winning issue since many republicans like it.

[roamer65]

14. Fuck this SOB.

[Norbert]

16. Get off the Government dime? I paid into this ass hole.

[Deuxcents]

31. Exactly. This is not a hand out.

A promise was made (SS) and we contributed. Now, some want to break that commitment. No!

[OMGWTF]

54. Medicare and SS are INSURANCE POLICIES we paid into our entire working life.

The Rethugs really hate old people, women, children, POC, immigrants, et. al.

[RKP5637]

17. As spoken by the sociopathic criminal who should be in jail, Rick Scott! n/t

[EnergizedLib]

19. Yep

Start sounding the alarm on this. Republican senators have said on record about going after these programs if they win in November.

Republicans have said the Roe reversal was a losing issue for them. Let's start making this a losing one for them, too. I have no doubt we would win elections if they actually did touch it, but why would want to put them in a position of power to give them the opportunity to do so?

[XanaDUer2]

28. This nt

[Rebl2]

37. Yes sound

the alarm and then show clips of these republicans saying this. Maybe that will help. Just democrats saying they will cut your SS and Medicare isn’t enough. Showing clips of republicans saying they will make cuts needs to be done.

[cloudboy07]

50. let's get Katie on this j#k-off ? oop's -forgot the white board !

[cilla4progress]

23. Isn't the unemployment rate like

3.9%?

And federal minimum wage $7.65????

Oh, google search, let me correct myself:

Unemployment is 3.6%

Fed min wage is $7.25.

[LakeArenal]

33. With no benefits.

Sick leave, vacation, family leave.

[Blue Owl]

26. Bat Boy Seen Harassing Weary Senior Citizens

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[XanaDUer2]

27. And lots of seniors vote for this

This needs to be screamed from the rooftops by Democrats. But will it?

[katmondoo]

29. What kind of job can a 92 year old do? That's me.

[twodogsbarking]

34. Rick Scott's job?

[LakeArenal]

35. Doesn't matter that you can't get hired.

It only matters that your benefits are cut.

[AllaN01Bear]

30. these dumb clucks dont care if some of us CANT WORK ANYMORE.what part dont you dumb clucks

understand ?!?!?!

[XanaDUer2]

88. I became disabled

Been out 14 months, am still maybe 50 percent through this process of ssdi. That has been paid into 36 years by me and my employer

[AllaN01Bear]

89. word of advice . APEAL. ekperiance here . none of the so called hi priced lawyers wont help after a

certain time .even if they say u dont . you still have the right to APPEAL> good luck.

[XanaDUer2]

90. Thanks

I'm lucky to have a great lawyer. Been turned down first time. They filling reconsideration.

[czarjak]

36. The Sean Hannity Strategy...

"Work hard, and play by the rules, and you too can be a success in America". While Sean sits behind a microphone spewing hate-filled ignorance. Worked for Rushbo too!

[PatSeg]

38. How did this creep ever get elected

to anything? He looks like a super villain from a horror flick. He truly is as creepy as he looks.

The monster who ripped off Medicare and Medicaid wants seniors to go to work, which if he had his way, they would have to after he guts Social Security and Medicare.

[Ziggysmom]

39. Stupid repubes vote against their best interest. It boggles the mind!

[OMGWTF]

49. If only their stupidity just hurt them, but unfortunately, it drags the rest of us backward too.

[IronLionZion]

40. Florida seniors should vote against that douchebag

[Red Mountain]

41. There will be so many seniors looking for work in Florida

they'll have to cut the minimum wage just so they can hire them all.

Perfect.

[ymetca]

42. Brought to you by

the for-profit prison corporations of America!

So, you're 90 with emphysema and diabetes and no one will hire you? Rob a bank! Only way you'll get healthcare...

I get it now --that wall was to keep us IN, and not them OUT...

[paleotn]

43. They're literally handing us the midterms on a silver platter....

The soundbites write the political ads themselves. If we'd only go into battle with what they've foolishly armed us with.

[DET]

63. One Would Think, But...

Where are the candidates who are taking advantage of this opportunity? Why isn’t the Democratic Party screaming ‘They want to kill Social Security and Medicare!!!’? We’ve known this for some time now. I’ve been withholding campaign contributions until I see more aggressive, effective marketing and outreach efforts.

[richdj25]

46. This is a new era..

ladies and gentlemen, in terms of Republican crazytown. Seniors are still going to vote GOP, just as those who had healthcare plans via Obamacare, voted for politicians who fought to do away with the whole thing.

I challenge anyone of you who believes/say otherwise.

[modochartaigh]

96. Spin

The Republicans will spin cutting Social Security and Medicare by saying that the Democrats used all the money up paying for benefits for "welfare queens and illegal immigrants". The Republican base will believe it. The apathetic and ignorant third in the middle won't really know either way. The only hope of the Democratic party is to educate enough of the nonvoting middle to counter Republicans' gerrymandering, disenfranchisement, and suppression, while keeping Democratic voters motivated.

[shrike3]

98. No argument from me. n/t

[OMGWTF]

47. That Medicare-robbing POS really hates old people.

Yet, here he fking is. A US Senator.

[JT45242]

48. Added business benefit, drive down wages

Forcing more people into the labor market by making seniors work will be good for companies, as they can pay lower wages with no benefits.

Win win for donors. No taxes on the personal side and bigger profits on the company side.way cheaper to buy politicians than pay taxes or pay workers.

[YoshidaYui]

51. "Go to work you lazy bums while we steal your money and force you out into the street!"

AND PLEASE DON;T DIE IN THE STREET OR your body will end up in the trash heap with the rest of the garbage"

hey GOP?? GO FUCK YOURSELF!

[peggysue2]

52. This is why McConnell did not want this plan advertised

Scott's Nightmare Plan for America is all about slashing the so-called 'entitlement' programs so every one has, ahem, skin in the game. What that means is Scott and his grifter buddies are planning to flay everyone open to accommodate another round of their 'privatize the world' scheme. More for the rich, less for everyone else.

The GOP has been hankering to put their clutches around all public services for a very long time. Right now, they can taste the opportunity.

Another reason the November elections are so damn important.

[LiberalFighter]

55. He works?

[Traildogbob]

57. Fuck that goul

We already pay federal taxes on SS, thank you Reagan, to cover HIS Rich man tax cuts. I am low middle income retiree, and I pay $250 a month taxes on l my little ass check. That is $3,000 a year you thieving puss bag. Do not take a dime of SS until when eliminate all past and future politician retirement. You have any idea how much retirement package a thief worth millions like McConnell and his Ho get for life, from our fucking taxes? Criminal ass trump and his Ho will get a pretty dime until her used up ass is dead. And did zero work for 4 fucking years. Just traitoring. Die of Covid you shinny domed asshole. I don’t care how easy it fits up trumps and Desantan’s ass all slick and smooth. Fuck you. Dem messaging………where the fuck you at. This ain’t Breaking News.

[Abigail_Adams]

93. Tell us how

you really feel! But I agree wholeheartedly. It's still an outrage that seniors have to pay income tax on SS.

[Beartracks]

58. Like Roe, most people may say, "That could never happen." Well...

... it could never happen only if all those same people constantly VOTE like it COULD happen, in order to make sure that it DOESN'T.

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[Karma13612]

59. I retired 3 years ago at the age of 65.

I was supposed to wait until 66 for official full retirement.
If the Repukes want us old people to keep working then they sure as hell better send a memo to some of our employers.

I was working for a boss who did everything in her power to make my work life miserable. She made sure I was unhappy, and unappreciated. I wasn’t expecting her to kiss my feet and babble on about how wonderful I was. Or that she couldn’t live without me. No. I would have been happy if she didn’t keep telling me to work harder. I was working as fast as I could, and was the most accurate Medical Coder she had. But, she wanted speed over accuracy. Of course, that meant codes would be wrong, but that wasn’t her priority. So, at 65, with Medicare saying it’s time to join up (or get a damn penalty for not enrolling on time, JFC), I said “screw you” to the boss and the job and retired.

If Rick Scott wanted me to work until 70, then he needs to tell employers to stop treating old people so badly that they have no choice but to

FUCKING QUIT.

Her boss was head of Finance and he was a miserable bastard. He treated us coders like clerical staff that only needed to know clerical duties like alphabetizing and filing. Not codes, reimbursements, MCR coding guidelines, state level requirements, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, etc. He used to call us his ‘girls’. Male Chauvinist scum.

I would have gladly stayed in the job longer cause I loved the actual job. And here in NY-21, Northern New York, coding jobs are not plentiful. If I quit, I wasn’t going to find one elsewhere within sane driving distance.

Sorry, Rick Scott does not know the ageism crap that is still going on. They wanted me out, and they made my life miserable until I finally quit.

[Takket]

60. gee maybe the labor shortage has something to do with the pandemic the GOP refused to fight

killing over a million people??????? i bet some of those people had jobs..........

[AngryOldDem]

61. Hey, Rick!

I’m soon to be 62 and I resigned myself a LONG time ago to the fact that I most likely will never get to retire as my other peers and co-workers have, mainly due to circumstances that assholes, such as yourself, and the people whom you really work for, have created. (In fact, I intend to work up until noon the day of my funeral, which I’m sure you’re glad to hear.) That said, if I won’t be able to have access to my Social Security when I should be entitled to it, and in which I have been paying since about 1978, can I please get that money back so I can make good use of it NOW?

TIA.

[Hortensis]

62. Hard-core Republicans have opposed Social Security since inception.

They SAY the constitutional argument allowing it is completely bogus. They've now succeeded in packing SCOTUS with a majority who believe it should be repealed, at least 5, possibly 6.

[dlk]

66. Republicans are salivating over ways to pocket the Social Security trust fund

It all about the money and finding ways to redistribute it into their pockets.

[Bettie]

73. They already took a big chunk

to pay for W's war in Iraq. A "loan" that has not been repaid.

[dlk]

81. When it comes to greed, they always want more

There’s never enough.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

67. Action

We are fast approaching the time where we will have to gut the fascists or be gutted by them.

[aggiesal]

72. If he doesn't like people getting money from the government, he should quit ...

This guy Irony Deficient.

He will make more money ($174,000/yr.) from the government then any one of us on Social Security

[GoCubsGo]

78. I wish I could say what I'm thinking right now...

Although, I strongly suspect I'm far from alone in thinking it.

[scarletlib]

83. Hey genius, keep broadcasting your brilliant plan to make old people work.

Especially on Fox News whose viewership is probably 95% old people.

[samplegirl]

84. Lousy rotten shitbag!

[RANDYWILDMAN]

86. Does this A-hole really win elections ? every election he's in is close

and he never wins by very much

His last election in 2018 he won by 10k

I smell something fishy with this guy

Didn't he pay a huge fine for ripping off medicaid, so he knows how to rip of the government !

[packman]

87. Definition of a prick

Scott, Rick- Florida Senator

[airplaneman]

91. how do you get a job if you are incapacitated ?

I guess they can wheel you in on a gurney and leave you at the entrance where you can say "welcome to Walmart" all day long.

[sellitman]

95. I don't know how the GOP gets away with this.

In a sane world they would never win an election again.

Did I say a sane world?

[Timeflyer]

99. Voldemort, knock it off!