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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican Senator upset Biden won't talk to him about cutting Social Security
Republican senator to Yellen in hearing: 'That's a lie'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator accused Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday of lying about whether President Joe Biden was willing to meet with Republicans to discuss Social Security, a break in decorum that drew an admonishment from the panel's chairman.
Senator Bill Cassidy repeatedly told Yellen during a Senate Finance Committee hearing that Biden has not been willing to meet with a bipartisan group of senators to address problems with Social Security.
"Why doesn't the President care?" Cassidy asked.
"He cares very deeply - " Yellen began to answer.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/republican-senator-to-yellen-in-hearing-that-s-a-lie/ar-AA18IkP4
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Republican Senator upset Biden won't talk to him about cutting Social Security (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Mar 2023
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The Unmitigated Gall
(3,805 posts)1. Butt-hurt Bill...GFY.
Why, oh WHY doesnt he care???, sobs the puke whose party fought Social Security and Medicare tooth and nail, doing their level-best to tear it down and give it to the rich. Butthurt Bill here sounds as dishonest and scumbaggy as all the other pukes.
2naSalit
(86,572 posts)5. It only has...
Value to them if they get to take it away from people who aren't wealthy.
Fullduplexxx
(7,860 posts)2. Raise the cap ... there.... no more talk needed
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)3. ...and the minimum wage...nt
underpants
(182,788 posts)4. Yep. That'll do it.
With some sort of a windfall provision for those usually under a certain income for long term investments etc.