Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Republicans want Trump to deal with the exploding deficit by gutting the social safety net, and the president is reportedly receptive to the idea. When Donald Trump was running for president, he boldly proclaimedthat he would not only balance the budget, he would eliminate the entire national debt, which at the time was approximately $19 trillion. That, of course, was about as likely to happen as Don Jr.going vegan or Ivankapublicly admitting that her father is a sick individual who needs help. Instead, President Trump has pushed the federal deficit to new heights thanks to a tax cut that did not, in fact, “pay for itself,” and a trade war that has turned out to be neither“good” nor “easy to win.” But while the nonpartisan CBO has placed the blame squarely on things like the trade war and tax cuts, Republicans—the ones who spent eight years under Obama screaming about fiscal responsibility and bankrupting our grandchildren—have an idea for how to deal with the situation that doesn’t involve taking tax cuts away from the wealthy or reeling in Tariff Man: Conservative groups—which largely supported Mr. Trump’s tax cuts—have pushed Congress to cut future deficits by reducing benefits for federal health care and retirement programs, like Medicare and Social Security. “Something must be done soon,” the conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks said in a news release on Wednesday, “and that means taking a hard look at mandatory spending, the root cause of the United States’ fiscal woes.” While Republicans do not expect Trump to push for cuts while campaigning for reelection, they’ve apparently encouraged him to do so should he win a second term—a proposition to which President “I’m not going to cut Social Security, I’m not going to touch Medicare” has reportedly been receptive. “We’ve got to fix that,” Senator John Thune,the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, told the Times. “It’s going to take presidential leadership to do that, and it’s going to take courage by the Congress to make some hard votes. We can’t keep kicking the can down the road. I hope in a second term, he is interested,” Thune said of Trump. “With his leadership, I think we could start dealing with that crisis. And it is a crisis.” Republicans, said Senator John Barrasso, who regularlychats with the president, have “brought it up with Trump, who has talked about it being a second-term project.” Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-republicans-federal-deficit Imagine thinking that Republicans are fiscally conservative when they blow up the debt and deficit every time they are in office And of course the only way to combat the debt is to cut social programs that old and poor people need. Thank god for the party of morals and values Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald 13,841 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 If Trump actually tries to do this, maybe it will jar his base enough to actually not vote for him. I work with senior citizens (in an insurance setting) who rely on social security and government funding to survive. Idk, I'm desperate and I'm exhausted and want this whole story to just be over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmar 22,768 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 11 minutes ago, Reginald said: If Trump actually tries to do this, maybe it will jar his base enough to actually not vote for him. I work with senior citizens (in an insurance setting) who rely on social security and government funding to survive. Idk, I'm desperate and I'm exhausted and want this whole story to just be over. It would only work after the effects start happening, I'd imagine, and by then it's too late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, calmar said: It would only work after the effects start happening, I'd imagine, and by then it's too late. Senior Citizens are politically active and highly protective of their benefits. If Trump start making threats to their benefits, they will organize and take him down. Don’t mess with old people and their benefits! Lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister G 10,512 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Whispering said: Senior Citizens are politically active and highly protective of their benefits. If Trump start making threats to their benefits, they will organize and take him down. Don’t mess with old people and their benefits! Lol You’re not lying. I remember hearing stories about people that live in coal country who supported him (especially in parts of PA), and they shared how they were dependent on Obamacare because of the health conditions they would develop. His threats to axe the ACA would leave these folks high and dry because the medications ran up to roughly $6-7,000. At the end of the day, if he guts these assistance programs they will have no one to blame but themselves for voting him in...but they’ll also be the ones losing out and rallying against him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatislaps 34,854 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I think he wants to become the next Marie Antoinette without a head Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing 518 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 People need dramatic examples to blow up in their face and shake them out of apathy. At this point, why the hell not? I'm all for it. He'd be slaying a good portion of his own supporters, like he's been doing since the very beginning of his presidency. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanxDream 2,049 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 The Republican'ts won't succeed, so don't worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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