Fox News is reporting that Republicans are considering cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

[Celerity]

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[yankee87]

1. No surprise

This is happening and poor white people will be decimated, but at least a minority will be hurt.
I don’t know any answer, but I’m scared

[BonnieJW]

41. Any lawmaker who votes yes on this

can say goodbye to reelection. No one from 60 and up will vote for them.

[yankee87]

44. Roe

I wish I could believe that, but after the reversal of Roe, and the rapist getting elected again, makes me a little nervous.

I can’t drive, walk without a walker, and am constantly on pain medication, I can never work again. Over forty years working, and this is such bullshit.

[OAITW r.2.0]

51. These folks don't give a fuck about Roe.

But SS, Medicare and Medicaid cuts....that is reality.

[yankee87]

57. Reason about Roe

The reason I bought up roe is because if people voted for the rapist even after women lost bodily autonomy, I don’t know how much people will take and still vote for their abusers.

[Mariana]

58. Unless they only cut the future benefits of younger people.

[mucifer]

2. Remember its a cult

[ananda]

3. Stunning? Really?

!@#$%

[Grown2Hate]

53. Stunning to me that FOX is reporting

that the GOP is considering it. You'd think they'd want to keep the lie going. Unless they just know it's too late.

[Passages]

4. GOP lusting for it far before Trump.

Sociopathic Party.

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

5. What did folks think was going to happen?

This is hardly surprising. Eliminating social programs has been baked into the GOP agenda since they recoiled in horror at the New Deal and immediately began to undermine it (with significant help from many people who've called themselves Democrats). Per GOP ideology, only the wealthy and privileged should benefit from government. Now for the $64 million question: what is the Democratic Party's ideology? Might be time to clean that up. Or is it already too late?

[sakabatou]

6. GOP to plebs: Die, and die quickly.

[durablend]

12. And don't get any smart ideas about doing anything!

*wags finger*

"Remember, THE LEFT caused this!"

[PSPS]

7. So, let's get this straight.

People spend their entire working lives contributing to their own Social Security. Then, the oligarchs through their on-the-pad proxies in congress, abscond with all of those contributions. I think they would be the next ones to be "Johnsoned."

[dweller]

14. And if someone dies before

the amount is done , they give the $$ back ?
We both know that’s not how it works .


✌🏻

[Raven123]

26. So Social Security becomes a piggy bank?

[vapor2]

34. A piggy bank for the billionaires

including Elon

[NJCher]

28. got a link on that?

'cuz I haven't read that.

[Celerity]

60. What were they claiming? TIA

[VMA131Marine]

49. There are some very red counties ...

In places like Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, etc. where significant fractions of the population live on Social Security Disability payments.

Cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid won’t just hurt retirees, it’s going after the income of part of Trump’s base.

[Rebl2]

63. Indeed it is

Apparently they didn’t believe he would do that, but here we are. They voted for him and now they will find out they voted against themselves regarding SS and Medicare and Medicaid.

[keep_left]

8. Anyone recall the GW Bush years? The "Ownership Society"?

I remember what Janeane Garofalo said on her old Air America show: "The Ownership Society--society where you're ruled by the owners!". Boom...mic drop. Can't really improve on that. They want it all, and now they're coming for your Social Security, your food stamps, disability payment, everything.

[3auld6phart]

10. And

That is what 50 percent of+- wanted, Your wish is being arranged by the Repuke party and their owners. Well done idiots. I have no empathy for you.

[keep_left]

40. Well, 50% of those who voted, anyway. Which makes it more like...

...25-30% of the population, since only about half ever shows up to vote. But you're nonetheless correct--people are voting for their own slavery. Unfortunately, we all have to live with it.

[spanone]

9. Been their wet dream for years....

[Silent Type]

11. They've been saying that for decades, but it's still a threat. Between those 3 programs there

are probably 50+ million or so GOPers. Can’t see them pissing all them off. If they do, we’ll do well in midterms.

[Johonny]

15. News flash, Harris campaign wasn't lying

Trump was . . . But the price of eggs.

[anciano]

16. "considering" does not equate to "doing"....

and doing that would be political suicide for the Repub party, unless of course they also do away with any future elections at the same time.

[Dave says]

20. Yes and yes

Reduce benefits, monkey around with election laws. They’ll find a way.

[newdeal2]

22. I didn't think Roe would be gone

But here we are. And he won a second term even!

Believe what they say - they’ve been gunning for these unpopular changes for decades.

[allegorical oracle]

17. Have heard/read on several sources that VA medical care is under scrutiny, too. nt

[republianmushroom]

18. The republicans have been toting cutting SS for years.

It has been one of their talking point for some time.

[IcyPeas]

19. This clip is from FOX Business news. Has the other FOX news channel...

reported on this story? That would surprise me.

Wake up magats.... they're comin' for you too.

[JHB]

21. Well, MY jaw is right under my upper teeth where it should be, and nowhere near the floor.

Because this has only been a Conservative Movement goal for the last, oh, 60-70 years (more if you count time without that label). Now they finally have the tools (and the big orange tool) to pull it off.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. I guess none of them have an elderly parent or two

who lives mostly or entirely on Social Security.

[Rebl2]

24. Going

to be a lot of angry maga people that are on SS if they cut it and Medicare. Can remember a time when republican voters said don’t you dare touch my social security or Medicare.

[FoxNewsSucks]

29. Doesn't matter.

I remember a very recent time when MF45 told his crowds to "just vote one more time and we'll fix everything and you'll never have to vote again"

They're free to steal w/o caring what any of us think.

[VMA131Marine]

50. A lot of them are on Social Security Disability though ...

[barbaraann]

27. They aren't "considering it."

They're jacking off to the thoughts of suffering and death.

[OAITW r.2.0]

30. We will see. Guess I'll be working through the this administration, after-all.

[PXR-5]

31. Yes, but

as Tr*mp says, "there will be no inflation" and of course eggs will be practically free 😉

[Sneederbunk]

32. Military, military, military.

[Blue Owl]

33. Stupid motherfucking republicans VOTED FOR THIS SHIT

Fuck them all and the make-up wearing, diaper-filling piece of shit they voted for

[oasis]

37. 100% that!

[Beachnutt]

35. But what about the thousands of times he said this

https://youtube.com/shorts/nnAZnEZ7NP4?feature=shared

[vapor2]

36. ALL ROBBER BARONS

[Lovie777]

38. Well isn't what America voted for...............

Eggs to high thou.

[Raven123]

39. So the "news" is that FOX is REPORTING on a well GOP known plan

[Liberal In Texas]

42. I guess it's going to depend on how bad they make these cuts.

One thing I fear is that they'll make everybody go on Advantage and kill traditional Medicare.

If we get our SS cut too badly we're going to be truly f'ed.

[Traildogbob]

43. Had an appointment

At the VA today for physical therapy. I always rage seeing trump car stickers outside.
As I sat at a table filling out my mileage report, a Vet, had to be 70’s, tattered and broken walked up to the other side to do his paperwork. Looks to be totally on SS, Medicare, Medicaid, VA disability. He was wearing what looked to be new, stiff camo “Veteran's for Trump” hat. I really wanted to reach over the table and snack it off his damn head and tell him to wake the fuck up.
So God damned sick of stupid. Especially when it fucks us all over.

[LPBBEAR]

45. What do you suppose

is going to happen to the economy when you suddenly yank the income of millions of Social Security recipients and Medicare benefit recipients?

Republicans see the world through a set of rich eyes and think we recipients of these programs are like them. In their twisted minds they think the money we get from Social Security and in Medicare benefits is just fun money we don't really need because, like them, we all have tons of money stashed away.

In reality most of the little money we do get goes right back into the US economy for food, bills, clothes cars, utilities and other needs. Yank it away suddenly and the US economy and Medical establishment will crash. Welcome to the Great Depression all over again.

Fucking chin drooling half witted idiots.

[roamer65]

46. With a 217-215 House?

[JanMichael]

47. But what about eggs??? And Harris didn't talk about policy?

I suppose if the policy was written out in stick figures most people could understand it.

[Jack Valentino]

48. Jack Valentino News is reporting that Jack Valentino is considering

cutting Republicans....





(Is it actually sarcasm? We can't say for sure,
because Jack Valentino was not interviewed
before the network spilled this story,
which relies upon "some people say" non-quotes)

[Dan]

52. The only way that I will believe that story is true, will be

If Congress/POTUS/SCOTUS come after the guns and gun ownership. They’ll have to come after the guns first - because there are a shitload of people that only have one of those social programs funding to live on. If you have nothing, then you have nothing to lose.

There wouldn’t be a safe place in America for a politician regardless of party.

There wouldn’t be a place that a rich man could call safe outside of his mansion with Cartel like security.

They would have to shut down the public access to Congress/White House and the Supreme Court - because I think that we would also start to have suicide bombers; people setting themselves on fire in public to protest;; and finally the Lone Assassin multiplied by hundreds.

IMO.

[Jack Valentino]

56. Republicans are not logical. They won't think about all those guns,

before they have voted to hurt those people who own most of those guns,
and before one of their own sorry sons of bitches who voted thus,
gets shot in the street---

or maybe before MANY of them get shot in the street,
and maybe a few of their family members...

(just speculating here, I don't advocate such---
but--- give them a good reason, ok, GQP??)


I don't advocate violence---
but if Republicans start shooting each other in the street over policy---

BRING ON THE POPCORN!!!!

(I'll try to stay quiet and remain indoors)

[Blue Dotty]

54. GOP Greed Over People

No safety net for the poor, no benefit programs for the elderly, unaffordable if any health care - all this from a sadistic dictator and his thieving billionaire oligarchs.He is fond of calling a place a third world sh*t hole country. What he mocked in the past is what he is creating here now.

[lark]

59. They want to kill us off and replace us with indoctrinated ignorant idiots who will work nearly for free.

They wants the serfs/barons model of government and only they get to be the barons. The middle class will be nearly destroyed and the poor will be so much more desperate.

[FrankTC]

61. 2019 Alan Grayson Comment

Remember how Alan Grayson was pilloried for saying that the GOP’s healthcare plan was Don’t get sick, but if you do, You should just die already. He was crucified for going beyond the limits of collegial decorum and lost his seat in Congress. I miss him.

[IzzaNuDay]

62. The GOP should think about Brian Thompson

if they think cutting SS, Medicare and Medicaid is a winning strategy.
who knows who will be pissed off enough to take one or more of them on. Like storm the Capitol, that’s done before!

[Buckeyeblue]

64. This was put out there as a distraction

Not that they wouldn't cut SSI, Medicare, etc. They'll do something. But it seems like this was put out there to get Democratic leaders to talk about something other than the list of crazies Trump is putting in his administration.