TPM: Yes, Republicans Want Big-Time Cuts in Social Security

[antigop]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yes-republicans-want-big-time-cuts-in-social-security

Every government program, every insurance policy, every industry has fraud. But this shows both a total ignorance of who the program's beneficiaries are and a crystal clear intent to put the program itself on the chopping block. Ahead of that - and here you have the real angle - is a plan to set different classes of Social Security recipients against each other in a zero sum for scarce dollars when in fact the scarcity is manufactured to advance the libertarian - everyone on their own - philosophy of those like Sen. Paul and others involved in the hunt to start slashing away at this program. Retirees, survivors benefits, disability benefits, set everyone against each other in the political sphere in a fight for the remaining dollars and keep the pool of dollars shrinking. They may even shut down the government again to push this ahead.

Watch out. This is coming.

[n2doc]

1. Yet they could not care less about the biggest source of fraud- the MIC

Trillions wasted on weapons that don't work, no bid contracts, every scam in the book.

[jeff47]

2. Big time cuts in the months leading up to the 2016 election?

Please proceed, Republicans.