WaPo: Trump and Sanders chase after seniors shamelessly

[portlander23]

Trump and Sanders chase after seniors shamelessly

The socialist senator from Vermont tops Trump, promising to increase benefits by $65 a month while ensuring Social Security’s solvency for 50 years. At least he’s willing to say he’d achieve this miracle by raising taxes on higher earners by $1.2?trillion.

The problem is that you can only go to that well so many times. Yes, the rich should be taxed commensurate with their means, but why is padding the already well-protected 65-and-over group a high-priority use of that limited source of revenue?

Tax the rich to support the social safety net? The horror! The tyranny!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Pandering to the poor?

That author should get out and meet some of those 'already well-protected 65-and-over group' surviving on meals on wheels and other charitable programs. A lot of our seniors might not be living in absolute poverty, but a lot of them are barely scraping by.