The past few days have been absolutely fucking nuts. Donald Trump promised to defund Social Security and Medicare if reelected, accelerated his work to destroy the U.S. Postal Service in advance of the 2020 election, and once again claimed wrongly that it was him, and not Barack Obama, who signed “Vetrans Choice” into law. Oh […]
Tag Archives: Medicare
Trump promises to permanently eliminate the funding mechanism for Social Security and Medicare if reelected
Donald Trump says on Fox News that he’ll be cutting Medicare and Social Security
At a Fox News town hall this evening, Donald Trump, who announce during the last State of the Union that he would “always protect” the Medicare and Social Security of Americans, once again admitted publicly that his administration would be “cutting” social safety net programs like Medicare and Social Security. Please do me a favor […]
After a week of vowing to “always protect” Social Security and Medicare, Trump submits a budget proposing $800 billion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
I had so much fun writing about Trump’s lies yesterday, that I thought that I’d spend a little more time on it today… Following, for your consideration, are three news items from over the past six days. Tuesday, February 4: Donald Trump vows to “always protect” the Medicare and Social Security of Americans during his […]
Deficits v. Dolomite
My plan tonight was to write an awesome post about the GOP’s $1.5 trillion tax-cut of 2017, and how, contrary to what we were promised at the time, they didn’t “pay for themselves” by driving increased corporate investment, but instead pushed the federal deficit to a record-breaking $747.1 billion. None of this, of course, is […]