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GOP Quietly Introduces Bill To Gut Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security (Original Post)
LongTomH
Jun 2018
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Any info re how it will affect those of us on social security and medicare? Any info links?
bobbieinok
Jun 2018
#2
Amazing..huh! - Here is a link from Crooks and Liars...headline should read
asiliveandbreathe
Jun 2018
#4
Change your headline back to passed through budget committee - sorry....
asiliveandbreathe
Jun 2018
#7
LuvLoogie
(7,034 posts)1. While you wer posting that...
thousands of children are being tortured and traumatized by bigoted nihilism by the US government. While you were scolding people about what's more important, babies got jailed.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)2. Any info re how it will affect those of us on social security and medicare? Any info links?
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)4. Amazing..huh! - Here is a link from Crooks and Liars...headline should read
While we were all looking at the southern border, House Republicans quietly introduced a bill to balance the budget. In order to do so, they plan to gut Medicare and repeal the Affordable Care Act for the zillionth time.
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/06/house-gop-quietly-introduces-legislation
For the zillionth time.....
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)5. OK, I've changed the heading to read that the bill has been introduced.
The title of the video did say that it had been passed; which admittedly, it hasn't.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)6. On further research my friend..
I spent most of yesterday in the Budget Committee debating the #GOPBudget, looking my Republican colleagues in the eye as they tried to justify a budget that includes massive cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid just to pay for the deficit created by the #GOPTaxScam.
Link to tweet
The bastards DID pass this abomination through committee....ALL HANDS ON DECK..
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)7. Change your headline back to passed through budget committee - sorry....
I owe you ....
kimbutgar
(21,203 posts)3. Every Democratic candidate running for a house seat needs to hang this around their rethug
Necks in debates and ads. Rethug candidate why did you vote for the big tax cut for the rich and then vote in June to cut Medicare and social security?