GOP Covid Relief Pkg. To Incl. Romney Bill That Would Fast Track Social Security & Medicare Cuts
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'GOP Coronavirus Relief Package to Include Romney Bill That Would 'Fast-Track Social Security and Medicare Cuts.' "They will use every opportunity and every crisisincluding the mass death and economic carnage from Covidas cover for their sick desire to destroy our Social Security system." By Jake Johnson, staff writer Common Dreams, July 24, 2020.
Shortly after publicly ditching one attack on Social Securitythe payroll tax cutSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed Thursday that the Republican coronavirus relief package will include legislation sponsored by Sen. Mitt Romney that one advocacy group described as an "equally menacing" threat to the New Deal program.
In a speech on the Senate floor, McConnell touted Romney's TRUST ACT as "a bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Senate Democrats, to help a future Congress evaluate bipartisan proposals for protecting and strengthening the programs that Americans count on."
~ "In the midst of a catastrophic pandemic, they should be focused on protecting seniors, essential workers, and the unemployed. Instead, they are plotting to use the cover of the pandemic to slash Social Security." Nancy Altman, Social Security Works ~
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/24/gop-coronavirus-relief-package-include-romney-bill-would-fast-track-social-security
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)a good guy Republican.
CatLady78
(1,041 posts)He is just less obviously vulgar..he is an absolute asshole.
Lincoln Chafee was the last good guy Republican.
airmid
(500 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)THIRTY Democrats endorsed this bill??? WHY??!?
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)still_one
(92,366 posts)Romney is doing. The "trust bill", does not have the majority of Democrats in House on that, and I don't see Pelosi allowing Romney's "bill" to stand
As for the Senate, I think there are at least 3 Democrats for Romney's bill, maybe at most 5. Majority of Democrats in the Senate or House are not going to go for cuts in Social Security and Medicare, and I don't believe the House will accept that
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Response to bobbieinok (Reply #3)
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delisen
(6,044 posts)Sinema, Doug Jones and Manchin are the Democratic senators giving Romney and McConnell cover for social security theft.
The question is why and second question is how to get them to not participate in the Big Lie propaganda on social security.
The Romney-McConnell plot is to present their social security destruction plan as a bipartisan endeavor. Giving cover to this has to become unthinkable for every Democrat.
question everything
(47,521 posts)Time to contact my representatives
still_one
(92,366 posts)Senate won't either
Rebl2
(13,541 posts)I was thinking. Wont Democrats have to vote on this in the House too?
still_one
(92,366 posts)unemployment benefits.
Pelosi no deal, and now Romney is pushing this garbage. I don't think so. At least I hope it doesn't go anywhere
CousinIT
(9,255 posts)tax cuts, suspensions or 'holidays'.
I didn't like this kind of scheme when Obama did it. I like it even LESS when Repukes and their Kochtopus are pushing it.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)Wikipedia wiki Business_career...
Business career of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia
Ponietz
(3,001 posts)appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Needs to be humiliated shamed and blacklisted from the Democratic party.
Why in the hell do Dems vote for the shit republicans want?
Are they not Dems?