And the Trumpanzees wonder why we heap contempt on
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Turns out he was too low on the number of House GOPERS that support that....
Pic Of The Moment: GOP Position On Social Security, Explained
Three-Quarters of House GOPs Endorsed Social Security Cuts Last Year
Republicans are now aghast that anyone would be claiming they want to cut Social Security. But last year the Republican Study Committee — a House caucus which includes about 75% of all House Republicans — released a proposed 2023 budget which included basically every kind of Social Security cut on offer.
The Blueprint to Save America proposed raising the eligibility age at first to 70 and then higher if and when life expectancy goes up; it proposed cutting (or in their words “modernizing”) the *benefit formula for everyone currently 54 and under; means-testing Social Security benefits; including work requirements for some Social Security beneficiaries; and allowing people to divert payroll taxes into **private investment accounts — aka “retirement freedom.”
*AKA 'Bend Over Non-Boomers Formula'.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/three-qu...-last-year
**Just imagine if Bush had succeeded with his privatization proposal. Those 'private investment accounts' would have been teed up for the stock market slaughter and the Great Recession, when job losses may have pushed people on to SS and needing benefits NOT tied to, decimated by, stock market valuations. That WAS the argument against such accounts and it prevailed.
It's still a sound argument.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217649602
6. Is this an attempt to appease the MAGAts who are already drawing benefits?
That might be enough to convince those imbeciles that their so-called Representatives will go after other people's benefits