He gave up….
Taking a beat down from Senate Republican Minority Leader McConnell
And?
Having Donald Trump come out AGAINST any cuts to the two programs?
The Florida Senator HAS seen the light……
AGAIN?
NOBODY is gonna cut the programs….
Which would be politically fatal ….
Ah?
But the Florida Senator is making sure that his plan doesn’t have chance…
(And make the MAGA crowd happy?)
His plan would cut any increase in the IRS budget already approved….
THAT is NOT gonna happen…..
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following President Biden’s pointed accusations during his annual address before Congress on Tuesday.
“I have been fighting since day one to protect and preserve programs like Social Security and Medicare for Florida’s seniors, and today I am proud to announce new legislation, my Protect Our Seniors Act, to safeguard the benefits of these critical entitlements,” Scott said in a press release
The legislation aims to rescind the nearly $80 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that was approved in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act and redirect it towards Social Security and Medicare. The IRS funding has been a frequent target of Republicans, who have denounced it as creating an “army of 87,000 IRS agents.”
The bill would also require that any cuts to Social Security or Medicare be approved by a two-thirds vote in Congress and would block Medicare savings from being used for other spending initiatives.
It is unclear how this legislation fits in with Scott’s previous proposal, which has been at the center of the recent dispute with Biden and Democrats. ….
Typical “conservative”
Believes in nothing.
Most believe in Donald as the ‘second coming’….
Actually there needs to be a conversation as to Medicare and Social Security.Its long overdue.
The retirement Social Security is projected solvent out to 2035…..
A good economy with higher employment would push that surplus out for more years…
The other benefits part is not so good…
But can borrow from the first part…
Medicare I believe WILL have cuts in eligibility with end of the pandemic emergency…
There are lawmakers talking about ‘reform’
But with a general election in 2024 Congress is unlikely to deal with negative’s that would come up in the discussion’s….
The American Congress is ‘reactive’…..
NOT
PROACTIVE…..
I doubt SERIOUSLY if anything changes for at least a decade….
Still pontificating on the obvious eh?
YUP!
Needs Reinforcement for some
Cow manure
He, he , he
No wonder some get tired of politics, eh?