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RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
Tue Mar 5, 2013, 06:31 PM Mar 2013

It just doesn't F'en stop - A New Attack on Medicare

I'm sooo fed up with this shit.

http://sanders.enews.senate.gov/mail/util.cfm?gpiv=2100100437.924492.429&gen=1

First, it was $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts. Now, in the name of deficit reduction, some of the far-right Republicans who run the House may abandon their own campaign pledge and cut Medicare benefits for people 55 and older. Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to lower deficits. He has offered ways to do it by stopping profitable corporations from stashing income in offshore tax havens. But instead of adding revenue, Republicans want to eliminate the social safety net. “It’s part of their long-term plan to decimate programs that benefit working families,” Bernie told Ed Schultz on Tuesday.
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