Want To Keep Your Social Security And Medicare? Dump Republicans In 2024
For those of us on Social Security and Medicare, we just got a significant raise due to an increase in the cost of living. Being one of the recipients, I believe this is more than justified based on contributions over the years. As the saying goes, these are entitlements which Republicans are regularly trying to take away from us. The new GOP House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, said both were off the table. McCarthy is just sneaky enough, however, to take them off the table but sneak them in the drawer underneath.
In the SOTU speech, "President Joe Biden slammed Republicans for their efforts to "sunset" Social Security and Medicare." You cannot trust Republicans...case in point Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida)...
"who has called for dramatic changes to the way in which those programs are funded. Instead of perpetual funding, Scott has called for Social Security and Medicare to 'sunset' in five years."
You have to wonder what kind of an individual would even consider taking away the lifeblood of seniors in programs like Social Security and Medicare when the current system of retirement is based in part on these entitlements. Here's what Vox says...
"Sen. Rick Scott wants every government program even entitlements to expire after 5 years unless Congress approves them again."
There must be something in the water in Florida to spawn two ignoramuses like the Gov. Ron (the despot) DeSantis and Scott. You know it must be pretty bad when Joe Biden feels the need to target a specific Senator and taut the idiocy of what he wants to do. Here's the scenario...
"Scotts proposal would radically overhaul how the federal government
Rick Scott operates, forcing Congress to re-pass every federal law or else let them lapse a move that, in Democrats telling, would endanger much of what the government does, including beloved federal programs like Medicare and Social Security."
Biden proposes, instead, "making the wealthy pay their fair share." Now that's an idea that has been floated for years now, but the millionaires and billionaires just keep racking up more and more $$$ and the rest of the country suffers. Even Moscow Mitch is disagreeing with Rick Scott, partly in retaliation for Scott's challenging McConnell's leadership, saying this was not a Republican idea. And, get this, Donald Trump promised not to cut Social Security and Medicare.
I urge you to read the Vox article which provides some history into both programs and more insight into the fight by Democrats to keep them.
http://www.nastyjackbuzz.com/2023/02/want-to-keep-your-social-security-and.html
Raster
(20,998 posts)...it's Us or them!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-origin-kayfabe
and hate that they will sign on with ending their SS and Medicare so they can support the fascist candidate that is promising them they will do harm to minorities.
Raster
(20,998 posts)Yes, rhetorical question.
They have no policies and positions besides harassing trans kids, minorities, and whomever/whatever else they deign will bring out the donations from the white trash crowd.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)They have always been there, but it took the stupidest adult on earth, trump, to appeal to them at their level.
The only thing trump and your mainstream MAGA person doesn't have in common is money, and he had no money until he went to work for putin.
Sick times, indeed.
Raster
(20,998 posts)I still shake my head in disbelief that such an OBVIOUS CHARLATAN like tRump* was able to be "elected" POTUS.
Hell, I have a younger brother (military background) that believes tRump* is the best POTUS since Raygun*. Obviously, politics is not part of our discussions.
Chakaconcarne
(2,429 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)I tell them it will be true if people keep voting for someone that wants to get rid of it. I can't believe people just resign themselves to the fascists.
raising2moredems
(632 posts)Couple of easy fixes:
1 - raise the maximum wage amounts - thinking at least $500K
2 - adjust the amount of SS subject to taxes to TODAY'S numbers. F-ing ray-gun - anti-tax my arse. The AMT finally was adjusted (and is likely still too low but another topic).
Might be time to start adjusting social programs, taxes, insurance etc. by geographic area/COL.