CUTS to Medicare and Social Security are NOT gonna happen any time soon….
Some stupid Republicans have talked about doing it anyways…
Donald Trump IS smart enough to try to get on the right side of this…
This IS something voters of BOTH parties WILL vote against….
DeSantis voted for limiting the two programs when he served in Congress…
Donald Trump is going on the attack against potential rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination over Social Security and Medicare, seizing on the same GOP divisions over federal spending that President Biden is seeking to exploit.
The emphasis reflects potential vulnerability for Republican rivals who were elected to powerful posts in the pre-Trump tea party era, embracing austerity in the last showdown over raising the federal debt limit. As Trump’s campaign has signaled an interest in stoking debate over entitlements, Biden used his State of the Union address on Tuesday to similarly bait Republicans, producing a rowdy spectacle in which they booed his accusation that they want to cut Social Security and Medicare….
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Fiscal conservatives have fought Social Security and Medicare since their inception as crowning achievements of Democratic presidents, and rising national debt has intensified calls for overhauling the programs in recent decades. But charting a new course for entitlements has also long proved a graveyard for Republican ambitions….
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Social Security spending makes up the largest single chunk of the federal budget, at 19 percent, and health-care programs including Medicare account for another 15 percent, according to Treasury Department data. As life expectancy has increased, birth rates declined, and more people enter retirement than enter the workforce, two federal trust funds that feed Social Security benefits are on track to take in less revenue than they’ll need to cover costs. The trustees project the funds to become insolvent in 2035, at which point the government would have to cut benefits, raise taxes or some of both, according to the Congressional Research Service….
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Social Security and Medicare ranked among the most discussed issues in Democratic midterm ads, trailing abortion alongside health care, character-based attacks and special interests. Republican ads scarcely mentioned them….
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The better the economy?
The more pay the taxes that fund both programs pushinbg their funding up….
Giving Congress more time to duck the issue….