Dems Slam Renewed GOP Effort To Create A Social Security 'Crisis'

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Democrats slammed the House GOP for targeting Social Security in its new budget resolution unveiled Tuesday, contending that the move is part of an emerging Republican strategy to create a crisis atmosphere and set the stage for dramatic changes in how the program works.

Though the budget was mostly similar to previous years' budgets, one major new item was a provision to prohibit a traditionally routine transfer of funds from the Social Security retirement fund (which is solvent through 2033) to the Social Security Disability Insurance fund, which has long been projected to become insolvent in 2016. It was a formal affirmation of a rule adopted by House Republicans on the first day of the new Congress to block such a "reallocation."

"They're trying to create a crisis. The point is to create a crisis," Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), co-chair of the progressive caucus, told TPM in an interview. "This is how they operate. It's governance by crisis. And it's a pattern."

Notably, the GOP budget, authored by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), did not endorse any immediate changes to Social Security, a crown jewel of liberalism. It did warn of "looming insolvency" and proposed a "bipartisan commission" to offer reforms to keep it solvent in the long term.

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[heaven05]

1. Repubthugs

they are the real thugs of american political culture. A bunch of bullying thugs!!!!!!

[TheNutcracker]

2. Well the Pentagon just lost 500 million in equipment to our 'enemy', so where's the crisis really?

[freshwest]

3. Thanks, DonViejo for posting this. Sanders has spoken out, too.

[blkmusclmachine]

4. Catfood Commission. MEOW!

Let 'em eat ...
Friskies

[Scuba]

5. Google "Obama recommends progressive caucus budget" and then tell me how you think this will end.

[thecrow]

6. "Why, really, should we worry about the disabled?

It's not like they're gonna march on the Capitol." NOTE ==>

I can just hear this coming out of their Downtown Abbey offices up on the hill.


I am disabled myself. I'm sure there are many many people more disabled than me,
And... they also want to turn my Medicare into a voucher? Real gents, they are. In Hell, maybe.
The problem with this is that they will keep it up until we vote them out, so people, VOTE!
Meanwhile, the struggle continues.
Cutting the food stamps for the hungry is another despicable action of theirs. Unbelievable. Really.
Ptooie.




Edit because I'm too old to spell correctly.

[YOHABLO]

7. Billions lost in Iraq, Billions scammed by contractors, security firms and .....?

They want to pull the rug out from under those with disabilities.

[freshwest]

8. Only those strong enogh to use as cannon fodder should live per the GOP. Briefly, but anyway...

They treat human and all ofther lifeforms like garbage. That's why they talk in reverse and call themselves pro-life. They only want us for a short time, then trash us.