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Donkees

(31,452 posts)
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 05:50 AM Dec 2017

Bernie Sanders: Cuts Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid will follow the Republican tax bill



Published on Nov 30, 2017
Tonight I asked my Republican colleague Sen. Toomey to guarantee to the American people there would not be cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid after this tax bill. He couldn't do that.
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Bernie Sanders: Cuts Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid will follow the Republican tax bill (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2017 OP
That amendment spedtr90 Dec 2017 #1
Those cuts are the intended result ... Martin Eden Dec 2017 #2
That is what the Republican intention was all along. n/t mtngirl47 Dec 2017 #3
And he got Tomy and Rubio to admitt it. bahrbearian Dec 2017 #4

spedtr90

(719 posts)
1. That amendment
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 08:36 AM
Dec 2017

Guessing it didn't pass, if it even got a vote. If there was a vote, hope it was with a roll call.

Martin Eden

(12,875 posts)
2. Those cuts are the intended result ...
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 08:41 AM
Dec 2017

... of the huge budget deficits.

The funds from the hard earned benefits we've already paid for are being transferred to wealthy campaign contributors.

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