MAKE. NO. MISTAKE. Trump is setting about destroying every social safety net

[CousinIT]

Donald Trump ran as the champion of the "forgotten man," the working class, those left behind, supposedly. And, because he knew that undermining overwhelmingly popular and necessary entitlements like social security was a no-go, he promised to leave them alone. “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,” he declared.

Lie number .. . . 6,497? We've lost count.

As Paul Krugman points out in Friday's column, the team Trump is assembling is gunning for entitlements. "The transition team’s point man on Social Security is a longtime advocate of privatization," he writes, "and all indications are that the incoming administration is getting ready to kill Medicare, replacing it with vouchers that can be applied to the purchase of private insurance. Oh, and it’s also likely to raise the age of Medicare eligibility."

http://www.alternet.org/economy/paul-krugman-exposes-trumps-most-blatant-bait-and-switch-lie

[BSdetect]

1. W Bush wanted to privatize Soc Sec.

We dodged that bullet as he managed to destroy the economy in 2007 etc Lucky us.

Shit is this country completely stoopid?

[world wide wally]

4. Yes.

This country is completely stupid.

[MiniMe]

6. he started talking about that after the election in 2004

There was a huge push back against it, that is what saved us

[lonestarnot]

2. Riots coming to a city near you.

[2naSalit]

3. No doubt about that! ...nt

[catbyte]

5. If we get the government we deserve, then apparently we deserve jack shit.

[ancianita]

7. Thanks for the good news.