McConnell Calls For Cutting Government Programs To Deal With 'Disturbing' Debt

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Source: Talking Points Memo

By Cameron Joseph
October 16, 2018 12:39 pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Congress to rein in major government programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in order to slow America’s spiraling national debt on Tuesday, ignoring the fact the tax plan he recently passed has further grown that number.


“It’s very disturbing, and it’s driven by the three big entitlement programs that are very popular: Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. That’s 70 percent of what we spend every year,” he said on Bloomberg News Tuesday when asked about the national debt. “There’s been a bipartisan reluctance to tackle entitlement changes because of the popularity of those programs. Hopefully at some point here we’ll get serious about this. We haven’t been yet.”

McConnell’s comments give Democrats more fodder for an argument that they’ve been making in campaigns across the map: That the GOP will ultimately try to pay for its tax cuts by slashing social programs.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that the GOP tax cuts would add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. The loss of government revenue from the cuts has been a larger proportional loss than what was caused by the Great Recession, according to the New York Times.

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Fucking asshole........................and for all you fucking republican trolls that come on this site.................fuck you, we are at war with you assholes ......................

Hey McConnell....................FUCK YOU...................your fucking 3.8 trillion fucking tax cut is the problem asshole you fucking libertarian POS.......................

Hey Kentucky................how many of your family members are on these programs that they "paid for" McConnell has not paid one fucking dime into the system....................not one fucking dime................




And "they" want us to be civil, and that we are a "mob", if I lived in Kentucky or wherever there was a fucking Republican, and they were out eating......................I would be fucking making there dinner awful, they would not get any peace, none, I would plant myself outside there fucking home with a "permit" and would be protesting....................24/7 on fucking shifts................no fucking peace.....................none..............

November cannot get here fast enough..................vote

[YOHABLO]

1. So here it comes folks. We can't just sit still and watch tv. We've got to hit the streets.

[PaulX2]

49. 750 Billion To Pentagon And Half Goes Into Pockets Of The Insanely Rich

Defense contractor stockholders.

[leanforward]

71. That needs to be changed.

[vlyons]

2. one word

FUCKERS!

[Baitball Blogger]

38. McConnel is a fraud.

He lied about what those tax cuts would do. Now that he fucked up the deficit, he wants to fuck this country up some more.

[vlyons]

53. GWBush "borrowed" $1.37 Trillion

from the social security "surplus" to pay for his tax cuts and his war in Iraq. And guess what? It's never been paid back.

[Baitball Blogger]

74. Republicans have no new ideas. They just keep fleecing this country.

They're traitors because they're making us weaker.

[montanacowboy]

3. Ah! Here it comes!!

Their wet dream is coming true beyond all their expectations! No more "entitlements" and a Supreme Court you can only dream of.

No more SS, Medicare, Social Programs. Only more tax cuts, darn we just can afford anything else besides large arms orders.

If this doesn't make his simple minded troglodytes sit up nothing will.

Wait till he sees the "mob" of SS recipients when they find out their checks won't be coming anymore

[Cetacea]

4. The GOP Dream

They are almost there. GOTV!

[PaulX2]

50. They Have No Idea What A Mob Looks Like

Girls who don't wanna be raped again isn't a mob.

Millions of pissed of victims will be their real mob.

[RKP5637]

5. The damn bullshit by McConnell and his ilk is extraordinary, FUCK THEM ALL!!!

What the hell is wrong with Americans that vote in people like this that fuck them over and over again ... yet they vote for them again.

[world wide wally]

25. That is the all-time question.

[ElementaryPenguin]

89. It is indeed!

[C_U_L8R]

6. Give back your big fat tax break

Give it back right now, you corrupt fuckers.

[underpants]

7. What about the Post Office?

Just like Social Security it doesn't and has never added to the debt.

[iluvtennis]

8. Lies, lies, and more lies. The debt is 1Trillion mainly due to you tax cut to the wealthy and

corporations. Take the tax cut back. Should have never been approved when the OMB gave you all the economic analysis regarding the debt upfront. Now you want to take away the social programs BS.

[flibbitygiblets]

9. Oh goodness gracious, where did all that nasty debt come from? Must be those filty "takers"

Damned poor people and their need for healthcare and food.

How many of the idiots who live off of Medicare and Social Security will continue to vote for Republicans?

[llmart]

44. How many of them voted for McConnell and continue to keep him?

Those people are seriously stupid.

[BlueIdaho]

10. Horseshit! Tax. The. Rich. nt.

[SergeStorms]

82. Absofreakinglutely!

Return to the tax rates of the Eisenhower administration. A top tax rate of 90% for the wealthy sounds about right to me. Capital gains taxes were around 25%, so if your main source of income was investments you didn't end up paying 90% of your income in taxes. When Jared Kushner pays zero dollars in income tax, something is amiss in this rotten Republican run country.

[MontanaMama]

11. Turtle wants to break the country.

Eyes on the prize people. GOTV now. After we win back the House, we MUST focus on unseating McConnell in 2020. Long term strategies to preserve what's left of our republic.

[Doitnow]

35. When I read about the occasional archeological find from thousands of years

ago amid the subsequent "lost years" of some apparently highly developed civilizations, I wonder how many times the human race has destroyed itself and the planet. Are we about to make the same stupid mistake again. Folks, we just don't have TIME to suffer the R party. It is just that critical. Twelve, (12) years is what we have to make correction. You people in the southeastern states, are you not yet convinced of global warning? Well, you may be sent back in your next life forced to deal with it. Karma is very fair.

[paulrevere2018]

12. FFS - how do these republicons get away with calling Social Security an entitlement. How about we

start with cutting the retirement plans for these scumbags. Make then pay for their heathcare. Treat them like they want to treat their fellow citizens.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

76. It isn't an entitlement.

We pay into it. As far as Medicare/Medicaid, our tax dollars pay for these programs.

These thieves have plundered the economy with their massive tax cut to the multi-millionaires and corporations. The tariff their peerless leader initiated in this insane trade war is another devastating hit to the economy. They have brought this upon us and now they want to pillage the only programs that allow us to put a roof over our heads, food on our tables and pay the bills.

Fuck 'em. Starting with that trouser stain in the WH.

Welcome to DU

[Honeycombe8]

13. Here it comes...distribution of wealth from the POOR & working & middle classes to the RICH.

NO!

[Wuddles440]

68. Sorry to say....

but this has been going on for decades, but really gained momentum when "W" was in office. The conservative machine has been masterful at messaging (job creators, entitlements, takers, less regulations, small government, etc.) to convince vast segments of the general public to support policies that are literally contrary to their financial security and overall general welfare. It never ceases to amaze me how so many people continue to believe that cutting taxes and financial regulation of the wealthiest members of this society will somehow trickle down to benefit them and their families. The effectiveness of their propaganda campaign has be nothing short of amazing.

[Honeycombe8]

69. Yes. And there has been EVIDENCE that trickle down is "voodoo economics."

The only thing I can think of is that the ordinary Republican really IS uninformed and/or not too bright. The ones that ARE bright belong to the wealthy group that benefits.

[SHRED]

14. Social Security doesn't add to the debt

Fucking liar.

Tax cuts for the wealthy and the GOP wars in Iraq and Afghanistan do.

[Sherman A1]

15. Truly, the man is

The south end of a north bound horse.

[rurallib]

16. Bad Timing, Turtle. Most Americans know it was the handout to the rich that is causing the debt

bringing this up just before the midterms should give Democrats the issue that will crush the party of wealth.
Good timing for us, Turtle-man.

[Doitnow]

21. Like Ted Kennedy said, "When will the GREED STOP?"

[rurallib]

32. Wasn't it George Carlin who said "They want it all"

Carlin is more relevant every day:

[Doitnow]

45. And after that they'd still want "more." Unbelieveable!

[hostalover]

66. He speaks the truth as only he can.

[CountAllVotes]

79. My hero!

He must be rolling in his grave dare one suggest.

& VOTE!!!

[Racerdog1]

17. Fuck you McTurdmouth

Eat shit and die you old dried up piece of shit.

[jmowreader]

18. Okay, fine. Let's cut some government programs.

The first thing we're going to cut is all Donald Trump's golf trips.

Then we cut the Senate Republican Caucus. Send all of 'em home. We don't need them.

Then we cut the House Republican Caucus. IN TOTO. Not one Republican in the House of Representatives is worth a plugged nickel.

Then we get rid of Trump's unaffordable tax cut, the five Republicans on the Supreme Court, and cap the number of F-35s in the fleet at what we have now.

[cstanleytech]

19. Bullshit, its driven by you and your parties stupid tax cuts for the wealthy and your

unsustainable military spending practices.

[beachbum bob]

20. Surprised he said this BEFORE election, every democratic candidate

Across America needs to run this as an ad and make it part of all debates.

[DeminPennswoods]

39. Sen Casey is already beating Barletta up over his vote

to cut SS, medicare and medicaid. It's an effective ad, too, that other Dems could adjust to their particular opponent.

[beachbum bob]

46. This will huge in Florida, Arizona and Texas and may give Beto a chance

If he can get his head back down to earth. He can beat Cruz by talking just about this for next 3 weeks only.

[BeyondGeography]

41. +1

Damn straight.

[duforsure]

22. I call for cuts too

Vote all Republicans out of office and especially to take back control of the House AND the Senate, and cut McConnell loose. Everyone vote!

[Texin]

23. Why would he be making these threats BEFORE the midterms? Is this the donor class's dog whistle?

I've been fully expecting this to be attempted after the midterms, assuming the rethugs keep the senate (and possibly the house), but to flat out announce it before the voting begins, makes me wonder if the fucking *election* is just another Putin-backed installation of the rethugs again.

[lagomorph777]

26. The Government Of Putin seems to have a tin ear. Expect to see this in many Democraric campaign ads

[IronLionZion]

72. He might know something we don't

like the elections may already be rigged in his favor

[ooky]

81. Maybe he knows they are planning to steal our money in the lameduck session.

[lagomorph777]

24. It's very disturbing and it's driven by the Billionaire Tax Cut.

and Mitch is a disturbed individual; a psychopath.

[ffr]

27. "I not only don't think it will increase the deficit..It will produce more than enough to fill that"

Who said that?

Anyone?

May we can ask Mitch McConnell who said that, while he was pushing for the republican tax cuts for the 1/10 of the 1%?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211285881

[RainCaster]

28. How predictable was this?

The fiscally-conservative-math-challenged-reality-denying GOP has only one way to deal with the economy. They screw it up, then they blame the Dems and cut all Dem-driven programs while keeping the bail-outs for the wealthy. When will the fly-over victims realize this and stop voting for turds? Don't they know all they will get is poopoo?

[ffr]

29. And who in the media and on here didn't already predict that the tax cut for republicans

wouldn't add to the deficit?

Uhhhhhhhh, duhhhhhhhh! About all of us and everyone else, that's who!

[world wide wally]

30. Why don't the assholes that vote for these Republican motherfuckers just send them half of their

pay checks every month. They are fucking stupid enough.

[packman]

31. Of course he would - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security -bread for the people

Revolutions begin with such things

[study war no more]

33. Social Security is not an entitlement

Social security - A/K/A FICA is insurance contribution. Hence the "I" in the name.

[Joe Nation]

34. What about all that extra revenue the tax cuts were going to bring in?

Did it not happen? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tellsya!

[pansypoo53219]

36. PERMANENT tax CUTS TO THE RICH. he can get prostate cancer. or worse.

like we are stupid.

[redstatebluegirl]

37. That was their plan all along.

[BeyondGeography]

40. Or take your tax cut and shove it

But thanks for the campaign issue all the same. Douche.

[Luciferous]

42. It's driven by your huge tax cuts you lying POS!!!

[IcyPeas]

43. U.S. military budget inches closer to $1 trillion mark, as concerns over federal deficit grow

The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to give the military $716 billion for 2019, approving one of the biggest defense budgets in modern American history despite concerns from some economists and lawmakers about the rapidly rising federal deficit.

The 2019 military budget, approved by an 85-to-10 vote, gives America's armed forces an $82 billion increase from 2017.

The military has called the additional funding necessary to improve its ability to respond to international crises, while critics say Congress should not be giving a significant boost to spending at the Defense Department at a moment of relatively diminished U.S. military involvement around the globe. About 17 percent of America's $4 trillion federal budget goes to the military, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/u-s-military-budget-inches-closer-to-1-trillion-mark-as-concerns-over-federal-deficit-grow/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.68ecaca3fc16

[SWBTATTReg]

47. Those running for office this time around and 2020, you just been handed the perfect campaign ...

ad to use (or material to use). Go for it and plaster it all over these scumbags. There are 60 million people relying on social security and ass. programs. Especially since we've paid for it already. I've paid in for over 43 years, are you going to refund my money I've paid in?

And like what was said, they claimed that the cuts would pay for themselves. HA! Right. Hypocrites.

[Beartracks]

48. Nothing wrong with govt that getting Republicans out of it won't fix. n/t

[Freethinker65]

51. Picture of Mitch cutting "debt" with a bone saw please

[OMGWTF]

52. We all saw this coming from a million miles away.

Have I told you lately how much I loathe these muthafukkers?

[shanny]

54. I would have thought he'd be sly enough to keep his trap shut

until after the mid-terms. Is he really so stupid that he thinks this is a winning issue?

[volstork]

55. This was their plan all along.

Crank up the deficit with tax cuts for themselves and their owners, then cry "boo, hoo" at how there's nothing to be done but to slash "entitlements." Never mind that they are and have been living off of us for decades.

I want to see these fuckers fry.

[Corgigal]

56. Amy McGrath

Here is your commercial. Talk about fear, run his own words against him. Run it regularly, use the date.

We DU'ers knew this is what that tax cut was all about, killing people who paid into a system their whole life. Trump older voters need now to be kicked in the ass.

[SouthernDonkey]

57. Why do these backwoods KY'ans keep voting for this asshole?

Don't they know coal is NEVER coming back? What the fuck is wrong with these idiots?

[Duppers]

58. We KNEW this was coming.

McConnell said it would be “very difficult to do entitlement reform, and we’re talking about Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid,” with one party in charge of Congress and the White House.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-16/mcconnell-blames-entitlements-not-gop-for-rising-deficits

I sent this out to my list earlier this afternoon.

[Stonepounder]

59. They are NOT fucking ENTITLEMENT programs!!!!!!

Any more than your insurance company paying you to repair your car after an accident! I paid into those programs and my employers paid into those programs for 50 years. Every paycheck!

I swear that Satan is keeping his damned souls super busy these days building a 10th circle of Hell just for these soulless, hypocritical, lying scumbags.

[LakeSuperiorView]

60. It's a crime to lie to Congress. Why isn't it a crime for Congress to lie to us?

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security have nothing to do with taxes. They are funded separately through paycheck withholdings.

Mitch McConnell is LYING when he says that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security contribute to the national debt. Period.

Lock him up.

[Kablooie]

61. It seems an odd time to announce this. Just weeks before the election.

What's their idea?
This could increase the support for Democrats especially with older citizens.

I don't get it.

[Cha]

62. You Stupid G.D. Gaslighting, Turtlefuck. You Leave your

G.D. Slimy hands OFF Our Social Security and Medicare, MF.

You filthy Vile Evil trump Doormat.

[SunSeeker]

63. The GOP has been practicing Reverse Robin Hood for decades.

Cutting taxes for the rich, then using the resultant ballooning deficit as an excuse to cut social programs is the classic Republican M.O.

It's all part of the GOP Shock Doctrine described by Naomi Klein: create a crisis and use it to push through policies that would otherwise be unthinkable.

[PatrickforO]

64. Predictable. We all knew it was gonna happen.

Let's flip the House in November, shall we?

[Ferrets are Cool]

65. We have one recourse that is legal...VOTE THEM OUT!!!!!

VOTE THE FUCKERS OUT OF OFFICE!!!!!

[MrQRO]

67. Shocked, Shocked, I tell you!

Exactly what I expected!
They give away the house to the .01% in tax giveaways and then cry about the deficit!
"OMG, we must cut those awful social programs"!

Especially since they might loose the house in the midterms. They always SCREAM when there are
a few dems in charge somewhere after they have sunk the budget! Might as well get an advance
run on the process!

As I've said in other posts, the Dems. should be clobbering these buttholes on the tax cuts, their
"mob" anti-constitutional comments, and the whole kitchen sink, but Noooooooooo…. Just smile, and
get creamed again. I'm convinced they actually want to lose!

My neck is hurting from Shaking my Head!!

[IronLionZion]

70. With record high stock market and corporate profits

and absolutely idiotic tax cuts overheating the economy.

Good job dipshits, they're going to wish they had some of that tax revenue when the Trump recession starts.

[Hairy Old Harry]

73. Please Die Soon, Mitch

In lieu of that, I'll happily accept your demotion to Minority Leader, you treasonous bastard!

[Pity Puddles]

75. McFuckface can't admit that tax cuts doesn't work.

The only way to reverse the debt is if they cancelled BOTH tax cuts for the rich, and reversed all Trumpian bullshit.

[gopiscrap]

90. welcome to DU

[kimbutgar]

77. I think all repukes who voted for this tax ripoff bill should lose their lifetime pensions and

Health benefits.

[CountAllVotes]

88. A rich old woman I know got her tax cut

and oh how she moaned when they jacked her Medicare cost up because she had over $200,000+ in dividends last year.

Poor poor rich woman.

I have ZERO sympathy for these types, ZERO!

[Cracklin Charlie]

78. This was always the next step. nt

[Tribalceltic]

80. Why is this dropping?

are there to many distractions?

[TomCADem]

83. Can You Blame Him. Trump is the biggest smoke screen ever.

Why not try to take out all the entitlement programs, since you know that Trump will just do something dangerous and outrageous to soak up all the attention. Do you really expect Fox News to cover this?

[jmowreader]

84. Here's the worst part

If these pieces of shit keep their Congressional majorities, they intend to pass an even larger tax cut next year.

[duforsure]

85. Trump McConnell and the gop are liars

They were bribed by having their campaigns financed by super wealthy donors who then threatened them , give us our huge tax cuts or we'll cut off funding your campaigns, so they did. Now that they drove the deficit sky high for them and their policies , they want to cut programs for our security and safety by destroying Medicaid, Medicare ,and Social Security just like they're doing to the ACA and all health care for the American people. Remember when trump claimed the opposite, he wouldn't do anything hurting those programs? Once again people are realizing they were lied too about everything , and conned for their votes. Bet it doesn't happen again this time. Many are running from trump and the gop and all their corruption and election fixing they are involved in. Seniors should all wake up , they will destroy all these programs if you vote for them again.

[Nitram]

86. The Plan: Step #1 Cut taxes to the bone. Step #2 Express concern about rising national debt.

Step #3 Cut liberal programs. Step #4 Repeat.

[ProfessorGAC]

87. And I Call For Cutting McConnell Due To Disturbing Debt

He's a crook.