McCarthy suggests new commission could look at Social Security and Medicare cuts
Source: raw story
Sarah K. Burris May 31, 2023, 4:01 PM ET
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced Wednesday he was launching a commission tasked with looking at budget cuts and he suggested Social Security and Medicare could come under his scalpel.
His pledge came just months after vowing such cuts to mandatory spending programs were off the table.
In February, President Joe Biden spoke before a joint session of Congress, telling Americans the GOP wanted to cut the programs they had paid into their whole lives. "Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years," he said.
"That means those programs will go away if Congress doesnt vote to keep them. Other Republicans say if we dont cut Social Security and Medicare, theyll let America default on its debt for the first time in our history."
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McCarthy told Fox host Harris Faulkner that only 11 percent of the budget could be negotiated during the debt ceiling talks because Biden had "walled off" parts of it including the part that included discretionary spending programs.
Now, he said, "We have to look at the entire budget."
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-mccarthy-social-security-commission/
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JohnnyRingo
(18,627 posts)If he doesn't, the White House will. In big block letters.
PatSeg
(47,405 posts)message to put out there. He's lost his mind.
ShazzieB
(16,370 posts)When he sold his soul, his spine, and...other things for the speakership. Oops!
PatSeg
(47,405 posts)was THAT important to him. Obviously nothing good will ever come of it and I expect that down the road he will rue the day he sold his soul for the position. However, he just might show up in the history books - his grandchildren will be so proud.
newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)it should be illegal or disqualifying the way he so compromised himself.
PatSeg
(47,405 posts)There is nothing subtle about it at all. If nothing else it should be political suicide, but then again, I never understood how he got so far.
Lovie777
(12,237 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,413 posts)peppertree
(21,624 posts)Having relatives in the MIC is always a good investment strategy.
rurallib
(62,406 posts)BRILLIANT! I couldn't have come up with a better idea for them just before an election if I tried.
speak easy
(9,239 posts)Neither could I! Please proceed, dummkopfs [stupid heads].
AZ8theist
(5,456 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)speak easy
(9,239 posts)Maybe Joe Biden is not a genius. Maybe. But from the beginning of the debt ceiling negotiations, Social Security and Medicare were off the table. Now that the deal is done, a punch drunk GOP is staggering towards utter stupidity. Well played, Mr. President, Sir. Well played.
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)but he did it in such a way that it leaves the republicans fractured if not at each other's throats.
Brilliant.
I think by November 2024 McCarthy may have trouble holding on to his seat. Not the Speaker's seat, his Congressional seat. If a Democrat can't win in that district, I could see him being primaried.
Justice
(7,185 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)it's just that little Kevin is woefully outmatched. Do not EVER underestimate Dark Brandon!
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)Republicans, please say you want to cut social security and medicare. Even your Dotard Presidential frontrunner knows that is a losing proposition.
speak easy
(9,239 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)please put MTG, Boebert, Gozar anf Jordan onto this commission you are forming.
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)AnnaLee
(1,035 posts)Whenever the Republicans start threatening SS and Medicare, they start sharing memes about the Democratic party (or various members of the party) threatening SS and/or Medicare and how the Republicans are setting up a commission to stop the Democratic raid of the programs. It doesn't matter if you directly quote who and what and where the threat actually is coming from. Facts make them mad.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)like Forrest says.
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)Post the meme about the President not guaranteeing social security and Medicare during every debt ceiling/budget fight since Facebook started. Was quiet during the Trump years with it but it comes up again like clockwork over and over with different pictures each time we have one of these.
I'd block him, but his daughter and I virtually grew up at each other's houses.
PatSeg
(47,405 posts)Some people just can't be reasoned with.
agingdem
(7,848 posts)Last edited Wed May 31, 2023, 09:10 PM - Edit history (1)
so desperate to appease the asshole freedom caucus..how does Kev not get even white christian nationalist vermin over 65 are on Social Security and Medicare...they want to own the libs but don't touch their benefits...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)tinrobot
(10,895 posts)What are they thinking?
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(5,126 posts)AnnaLee
(1,035 posts)Do you think they believe some political mileage with the younger voters could be made through manipulations of SS and Medicare that they sell as sharing the burden of funding the programs better by cutting the old and preserving the young from higher contributions. The problem, I think, is that my impression of the young today is that they are quite informed and very smart. I am not sure they can be fooled when the share of burden is still forgiven the rich.
Also George Bush did not succeed with his bull either.
ShazzieB
(16,370 posts)They are those things. Also, if most of them are anything like my daughter, they don't want their parents and grandparents used as sacrificial lambs to protect tax cuts for billionaires. Which, let's be real, is exactly what this would be!
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)brush
(53,767 posts)because Joe Biden rolled him in the debt ceiling negotiations by not just getting it eliminated for now, but until 2025, meaning the rest of this presidential term.
Shut up, Kevin and go to your corner.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Especially anyone who's already retired. But this really threatens all of us, not just those who are retired.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Nah...just freeloading Dems!!
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)He expertly painted the into a corner during the State of the Union address so this wasn't even something on the table for the debt ceiling
AllaN01Bear
(18,161 posts)THEY CANNOT TAKE AWAY YOUR BENIFITS . PERIOD.
progree
(10,901 posts)the retirement age, and taxing Social Security benefits for the first time. Those are inarguably benefit cuts.
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The SS and Medicare Trustees signed a report saying that it will not be able to pay full benefits after trust fund depletion....
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142927989
The Trustees are 4 top Biden administration officials including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
The then current SS and Medicare Trustees have been signing reports saying the same thing every year for decades. Congress must act to prevent those cuts from occurring on trust fund depletion. That is the harsh reality of the situation.
onecaliberal
(32,826 posts)IronLionZion
(45,430 posts)There was a time when these programs were considered untouchable.
ImNotGod
(134 posts)democratsruletheday
(504 posts)You dumb SOB....we'll run on that in '24 along with abortion rights.
Mysterian
(4,585 posts)Great to see it.
Democrats better be shouting about PukeCarthy's commission from the mountaintops.
ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)But ask yourself when the media will give them the platform to be heard?
It's like the tree in the forest. It falls down, but if no human is there to record it, nobody but the animals nearby knows that it made that sound of falling.
BumRushDaShow
(128,871 posts)and that means anyone up in the Senate too.
No matter what chamber, tie every single one of the GOP contenders to him.
People might recall this effective ad about a similar subject when Ryan was touted as the GOP's "budget wonk" -
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)Can STFU about that "actual" christian BS. They're all christians, and saying they're not is the height of hateful bigotry.
bucolic_frolic
(43,133 posts)Rich people need your money!
Deminpenn
(15,278 posts)agreement. I'm sure McCarthy knows this, so any commission would be just for show. He probably knows he'll get no serious legislation passed without Dem votes, too.
kairos12
(12,853 posts)Traildogbob
(8,716 posts)A commission looking at cutting Senate, Congress and Presidential entitlements. Our taxes will be paying Melanoma for decades to come. For WHAT? We worked for our SS and Medicare. What the Fuck did she or other gubment Political spouses contribute or work for?
Fuck you Kev!!!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)stage left
(2,961 posts)That is all!
NowsTheTime
(685 posts).......He's a real nowhere man ...
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dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)I bet most people that vote have no idea what their representatives do.
I bet the Lincoln group could created a wild one that can be used over and over.
ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)It's not their fault that the traitor media give them so little air time/print to spread it as far and wide as possible.
It would be great if people would start there, rather than blaming the Democrats for everything.
Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)like billboards or even on Youtube which makes you watch too many ads before you can actually watch the video that you want. Youtube is a great place to advertise IMO
Remember what the Russians did. They set up tons of fake "news organizations" websites before 2016. I made the mistake and posted one item here it was almost immediately taken down. The thing is that I had already done a Google search and all of those websites were repeating the same thing - lies about Hillary and the Dems. I fell into the trap.
I am not saying that all websites spread lies but at that time they had taken over Google as far as I could see. Although it does seem like Google has done their work since then because I think all those sites are down.
Mopar151
(9,980 posts)Can be especially useful if , when calculating the "savings", the commission is required to show the 5 year and 20year projections of effectiveness and COST.for the federal budget, and the US economy 🤔
AllyCat
(16,178 posts)And their ideas to help the rich come from the rich. They have no ideas of their own. Ever.
lark
(23,094 posts)That's what I think is happening. This is actually a gift to Dems and is a really stupid move on the part of the christofascists.
usonian
(9,776 posts)GreenWave
(6,723 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)SS to expand to include supplemental income for those in need and phased out of jobs by AI and automation.
Firestorm49
(4,032 posts)JCMach1
(27,556 posts)Soc. Sec. Taxes.
There, fixed it for you.
Then tax corps in a legit way and rebuild education and setup a single payer health insurance.