"Cut and Gut" has become too visible, and that's a good thing

[meow2u3]

Am I the only one who thinks the whole "cut (millionaire taxes) and gut (Grandma's pension and healthcare)" thing has become a bit too obvious lately? Or is it that the stark choices evident in deficit reduction talks are just forcing this discussion to be more obvious than it used to be?

Typically I think of republicans talking about fiscal responsibility, "strengthening Medicare for future generations", or just talking about how taxes are too high for "business".

But the recent significant pushback against, for example, the idiotic idea to raise the Medicare retirement age, suggests that people are getting a little more aware of the real goals of the reactionary Republicans. To all of us paying attention, it's long been obvious that Republicans don't care about the deficit, only about cutting taxes for the wealthy and gutting Medicare/SS/Medicaid. But I have the distinct sense that the worm is turning here, it was just too obvious when House Repubs wouldn't even back a tax increase on income over 1M per year, and it's too obvious now that they're threatening a financial meltdown just to gut social programs. Your average person is starting to become aware of this, and now is the time to use it to our advantage.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/11/1178114/--Cut-and-Gut-has-become-too-visible-and-that-s-a-good-thing

Repeat after me: cut and gut conservatives, cut and gut conservatives, etc., until the public becomes blue in the face.

[PDJane]

1. That's a lovely, catchy phrase.

I like it, and will use it....with your permission.

[jeff47]

2. They're getting desperate to get the gutting done before they lose all their power.

Their base is dying of old age. "The kids" aren't terribly interested in gutting the safety net. So if the Republicans are going to get their gutting done, they have to get it done now.

So the nice language and other wrappers come off, because they don't have time to continue mutilating the safety net over the next decade. They have to get that damage done quickly or it will not happen.