Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Entitlement Cuts

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Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Entitlement Cuts

October 11, 2022 at 4:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 5 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/10/11/republicans-plan-debt-crisis-to-force-entitlement-cuts/

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Jonathan Chait: “The November elections will likely give Republicans control of the House of Representatives as a platform from which to oppose the Democratic-controlled White House. And one thing Republicans will do with this power, in all probability, will be to try to provoke a crisis in order to extort Democrats into accepting spending cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.”

“Bloomberg’s Jack Fitzpatrick interviewed several Republican contenders to lead the House Budget Committee. They all said, with varying levels of specificity, that they plan to instigate a debt-ceiling standoff to force Biden to accept cuts to retirement and health-care programs.”

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[msongs]

1. no prob, just slash funding to parasite red states... nt

[Historic NY]

2. Jan 6th would be a cake walk if they cut social security and medicare.

imagine thousands of senior and infirmed descending on Washington

[TheRealNorth]

4. I would be surprised if they cut it from their base....

They would probably cut it for those of us under 50. You know, the same people who generally don't have pensions either.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. If the GOP gain control of either house of Congress, expect numerous government shutdowns

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Holding people hostage, something a terrorist would do.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. They've done this

Every time they've gotten back in control since 2011. Hope people don't want a rehash of the Obama years. This is getting so damned old.

[roamer65]

7. I don't think they will gain control of either the House or Senate.

The pink wave is coming.

[Delmette2.0]

8. Cut their salary and

Their healthcare and travel expenses and staff.

[Xolodno]

9. Which is utterly ridiculous.

The entitlements do not come from the general fund. Social Security could go belly up and it would have no bearing on the national debt. If they want to fix the national debt, hit the people they've been giving tax breaks to.

Entitlement fixes will be a combination of increasing the percentage and raising retirement age. Cutting the amount people get isn't going to fix the problems since once the trust money is gone, then cuts to contributions automatically occur.

[honest.abe]

10. Idiots.