They Gutted Roe V. Wade Social Security Is the Next Target of the Rabid Right
They Gutted Roe V. Wade Social Security Is the Next Target of the Rabid Right
The GOP wants to take away your money, the money you have put in after all your years of hard work.
A. B. Man III
10/13/2022
The destruction of Social Security is the next target of the Republican Party. They do not want you to get your money the money you put from your years of labor. The do not have a problem giving the money you pay in taxes to farmers and the rich, but they do have a problem with you getting your own money, the money you have been paying into the system for years. You had better pay attention because they are coming after your Social Security just as they came after Roe. Instead of trying to fix Social Security, they want to take it away from the very people who need it the most and give it to the rich.
You may believe they will not come after your Social Security but people believed Roe would not fall it did and Social Security is next if Republican get their way. Republicans are telling you they plan to go after Social Security. Once they take away your Social Security, they will use the money you paid in and give it to farmers and the rich. If you plan to get Social Security and you vote for Republicans, you are voting to lose your Social Security and all the money you paid into Social Security.
Republicans want you to work until the day die, they do not want you to enjoy your golden years. If you plan to rely on Social Security, you had better rethink that plan if Republicans get their way you will not get your money because they do not want you to have the money you paid into Social Security.
By David Badash,The New Civil Rights Movement | AlterNet
66 million Americans get their income from Social Security. 64 million Americans use Medicare for their primary health insurance, and 76 million Americans use Medicaid for healthcare. Since last week Republicans have been talking about gutting these three critical programs, which they falsely call “entitlements,” despite them being funded through every employed person’s paycheck. Last week the four Republicans vying to become the next Chair of the House Budget Committee all said they would use a vote on the debt ceiling – which is simply voting to raise the country’s credit limit on everything we have already purchased (that’s a critical point, it’s to pay our bills, not to buy more) – basically as a sword to get Democrats to support massive reductions in critical programs that literally help keep millions of Americans alive.
Michael Rainey
Republicans in the House are planning to use a potential showdown next year over raising the federal debt limit to make changes in Social Security and Medicare, Bloomberg’s Jack Fitzpatrick reports. The developing plan hinges on Republicans winning control of the House in the midterm elections, an outcome that is looking likely. Four GOP lawmakers who are vying for leadership of the House Budget Committee in the event of a Republican victory told Fitzpatrick that the need to raise the debt ceiling could give them the leverage they need to force Democrats to make concessions.
“The debt limit is clearly one of those tools that Republicans — that a Republican-controlled Congress — will use to make sure that we do everything we can to make this economy strong,” Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), the senior Republican on the current Budget Committee, said. Republicans are still discussing exactly what changes they might try to enact. “What would we consider a win?” said Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), who is interested in the top spot on the Budget Committee. “What would we consider to be a fiscally responsible budget?”
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By Amy B Wang
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has suggested that Social Security and Medicare be eliminated as federal entitlement programs, and that they should instead become programs approved by Congress on an annual basis as discretionary spending. Those who work in the United States pay Social Security and Medicare taxes that go into federal trust funds. Upon retirement, based on a person’s lifetime earnings and other factors, a retiree is eligible to receive monthly Social Security payments. Similarly, Medicare is the federal health insurance program that kicks in for people 65 and older, or for others who have disabilities.
The plan calls for “no government assistance unless you are disabled or aggressively seeking work,” and for all legislation to sunset after five years.
by Stephen Silver
Despite that a 2021 government report warned that Social Security would lose the ability to pay out full benefits a year earlier than previously projected, it hasn’t made front-page news so far this year. One exception, however, has been the reaction to a plan put out this spring by the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (RSCC), titled the "11-Point Plan to Rescue America." The plan, which has largely been pushed by RSCC chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), is seen as an overarching campaign document for the midterms elections similar to Newt Gingrich’s 1994 “Contract With America.”
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
"It's clear what their intentions are: reaching into the American people's pockets and stealing their hard-earned benefits." Citing interviews with four House Republicans hoping to serve as chair of the chamber's budget committee, Bloomberg Government reported that "Social Security and Medicare eligibility changes, spending caps, and safety-net work requirements are among the top priorities" for the GOP if it retakes the House in next month's elections.
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