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Category Archives: Social Security
Mike Johnson – Ordained By Gawd
The MAGA Party took advantage of an opening Wednesday to elevate the little known Mike Johnson of Louisiana to the position of Pope – I mean Cardinal – er no – maybe it is Bishop – is it Deacon or … Continue reading
Disconnected Thoughts On A Holiday Weekend
For some reason I just can’t concentrate this week on a single subject. As I start to think deeply on a subject, suddenly I am distracted and my mind starts to consider the new subject. That may be a pattern … Continue reading
Republicans Already Moving To Dismantle Debt Ceiling Deal
Boy, that didn’t take long, did it? Is the ink even dry on the paper that President Biden signed a couple of weeks ago to kick the debt ceiling idiocy down the road a couple of years? Just like doing … Continue reading
Posted in debt ceiling, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Budget, duplicity, Kevin McCarthy
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Oy Vey, What They Say!
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou Mostly in the last week we have heard Republicans say and do some of the dumbest and damnedest things. Apparently they feel nothing will happen to … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Republicn Policy, Social Security
Tagged believe their words, derailments, Margery Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Maya Angelou, Mike Pence, Trump policy caused derailments
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Krugman Charts Republican’s 40 Year War On SS & Medicare
From Paul Krugman quoted at dailykos.com: First of all, if Republicans had absolutely no desire to make major cuts to America’s main social insurance programs, why would they sunset them — and thus create the risk that they wouldn’t be … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election, Medicare, Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance
Tagged Iowa's Republican congress members, medicaid, Rick Scott, subsetting Medicaid, sunsetting Medicare, sunsetting Social Security
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Robert Reich On The Debt Ceiling
Five truths about the pending debt-ceiling fight that the mainstream media doesn’t want you to know “Both-sides”ism is rampant. And it’s seriously misleading the public. For his Tuesday sub stack newsletter former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich takes on the … Continue reading
Posted in debt ceiling, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Republican hypocrisy, Republican mythology, Republican Policy, Social Security
Tagged medicaid, terrorist tactic
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When People Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them
Most people recognize that line from Maya Angelou. It has been repeated frequently during the past few years. Republicans threaten to do things – like assault the capitol of the US and then do them. Before the action many people … Continue reading
Posted in Medicare, Republican Policy, Social Security
Tagged debt ceiling, debt ceiling hostage, medicaid, ways to fund Social Security and Medicare
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Remembering January 6th
(1:43) Yesterday was the second anniversary of a day that should live in infamy. An attack on the halls of our government led by a sitting president. What has followed since has been sad to see indeed. An attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, 2022 Election campaign, Medicare, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy, Social Security
Tagged January 6th, medicaid
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Cutting Social Security And Medicare: The Republican Promise
Ron Klain: GOP Has ‘Horrible, Horribler, And Horriblelist’ Ideas To Cut Social Security (8:18) Radical Right Republicans have been pretty open about what they plan to do if they are returned to power in congress this year. Since the Clinton … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley, Medicare, Republican Policy, Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance
Tagged Iowa House Republicans
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AFPI, Miller-Meeks and Social Security
In my previous post, I made mention of a presentation that the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) had recently in Newton, Iowa. AFPI is a radical right wing think tank. One of Iowa’s current members of Congress, Marriannette Miller-Meeks has … Continue reading
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