GOP Closing Message: Cutting Social Security and Medicare

Republicans have been loud and clear: they are going to target Social Security and Medicare for cuts.

• Republicans released a plan to “sunset” Social Security and Medicare

• Bloomberg reported House Republicans were planning to use the debt ceiling to force cuts

  • Defaulting on debt would cost 6 million jobs, eliminate $15 trillion in household wealth, and skyrocket the unemployment rate

• The Washington Post reported Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans would target Social Security and Medicare for cuts

• The House Republican Study Committee supports raising the retirement age

This morning, the New York Times is yet again covering Republican vows to cut Social Security and Medicare if given power:

Congressional Republicans, eyeing a midterm election victory that could hand them control of the House and the Senate, have embraced plans to reduce federal spending on Social Security and Medicare, including cutting benefits for some retirees and raising the retirement age for both safety net programs.

Prominent Republicans are billing the moves as necessary to rein in government spending, which grew under both Republican and Democratic presidents in recent decades and then spiked as the Trump and Biden administrations unleashed trillions of dollars in economic relief during the pandemic.

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