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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Sen. Rubio tells a secret: After giving a tax cut to the rich, GOP will cut Social Security and Medicare

http://beta.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gop-social-security-20171130-story.html

Advocates for seniors and the middle class have been warning for weeks that the Republican drive to cut taxes for the wealthy is the prelude to a larger attack on Social Security and Medicare.
In a videotaped interview with two Politico reporters Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the quiet parts out loud. Asked by interviewers Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman how to address the federal deficit, he replied: “We have to do two things. We have to generate economic growth which generates revenue, while reducing spending. That will mean instituting structural changes to Social Security and Medicare for the future.” (A video of Rubio’s appearance is here, with his remarks on Social Security and Medicare beginning at the 21:45 mark.)


The only thing that’s new here is the explicit admission by a Republican officeholder that this is the GOP’s master plan to eviscerate the welfare and retirement of American workers. Budget analysts have seen it coming with all the subtlety of a freight train. As we reported earlier this month, the damage begins with the so-called Paygo law (for “pay as you go”), which requires Congress to offset any increase in the federal deficit with spending cuts. The law limits Medicare cuts to 4% of its budget per year, or $25 billion of its $625-billion budget. Because the tax cut proposals the Senate was preparing to vote on late Friday would expand the deficit by about $1.5 trillion over 10 years, it’s likely to trigger the cuts.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

hahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahahah
no not only the rich pay taxes, because those in the 40-50k a year will see their taxes go up.
seeing as half the population earns under 30 k a year, they still pay taxes.

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why are you applauding 1.4 trillion adding to the debt, didnt you cough up hemorrhoids over the debt?
did you watch the video? I doubt it.

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ORIGINAL: BoscoX
And what have the Democrats done to save said programs and curb the debt over the last 50 years?

Nothing at all, except howl about Republican efforts to work on them

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ORIGINAL: bounty44

and you have the temerity to call other people "liars??"

or do you actually believe the material in the cartoon?

see if this sounds familiar: the left continues to not be able to represent the rights actual positions.

ya think ya'd learn...

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ORIGINAL: bounty44

and you have the temerity to call other people "liars??"

or do you actually believe the material in the cartoon?

see if this sounds familiar: the left continues to not be able to represent the rights actual positions.

ya think ya'd learn...

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

well it had the desired effect, LOL
pompous dickhole
It has nothing to do with lying, or belief. sorry n all that...
you havent learned a thing here have you.


On the other hand Bounty, what about the cartoon upsets you???
yanno for shits n giggles.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic 25 NOV 2017 4:58:11 PM

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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr


When the answers to a debate argument are:
"You're fat"
"Your clothes suck"
"You're stupid"
"You're a racist"
"Your skin is orange"

The person making such ground-breaking statements has already conceded.

oh thats very true, so very very true

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ORIGINAL: JVoV

I guess we wait to see if the different bills from the Senate and the House be reconciled before Congress is scheduled to break for winter recess on December 17th.

Either way, the Senate needs 51 votes again to approve the reconciliation bill. The Alabama Senate election is December 12th. A Roy Moore loss would likely light a fire under some GOP asses to get this on Trump's desk by Christmas.

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ORIGINAL: BoscoX

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ORIGINAL: JVoV

I guess we wait to see if the different bills from the Senate and the House be reconciled before Congress is scheduled to break for winter recess on December 17th.

Either way, the Senate needs 51 votes again to approve the reconciliation bill. The Alabama Senate election is December 12th. A Roy Moore loss would likely light a fire under some GOP asses to get this on Trump's desk by Christmas.

Wait - who is the tiebreaker again

Oh that's right, Republicans won the presidency, so that would be Pence

No worries anyway though. The House has the will to get it done on time and in line