Saturday, December 10, 2016

The House GOP Just Revealed Its Plan To Cut Social Security


The House GOP Just Revealed Its Plan To Cut Social Security
Via Mother Jones
Late Thursday, Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), the Chairman of the House Social Security subcommittee, introduced a bill to "reform" (i.e. cut) Social Security.
Josh Marshall warns, "Republicans apparently aren't going to be satisfied with phasing out Medicare. They're going to try to pass huge cuts to Social Security this year too. Not Bush-style partial phaseout but just big, big cuts. And you're out of luck even if you're a current beneficiary. "

Has official Bill in article!


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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has consistently endorsed a privatization ... “Every Republican wants to do a big number on Social Security, they ... would enable automatic across-the-board cuts to Social Security, Medicare, .



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