The huge deficits.
Republicans May Use Cuts in Entitlement Programs to Reduce Deficit
Democrats said the tax bill was opening the door to the kind of entitlement cuts that Republicans had long wanted to pursue.
“This is a nasty, two-step strategy that has long been the holy grail for hard-right Republicans,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader.
“If this bill passes, you can bet the Republicans will immediately sharpen the knives for middle-class benefits.”
The Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday that a law passed in 2010 would necessitate cuts to Medicare of as much as $25 billion next year.
The pay-as-you-go law requires that legislation that adds to the federal deficit be paid for with spending cuts or other offsets.
If that does not happen, automatic cuts to programs like Medicare kick in.
The Medicare cuts, which are capped at 4 percent of the program’s annual spending, could reach almost a half trillion dollars over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Stupid old white people voted for The Duce, who promised to protect them and their Medicare and their Social Security.
The wanted to believe.
His lies have made him a wonderful shield behind whom the standard issue GOPster class warriors of the Congress are doing more to advance their war on progressive government than they have been able to do since Reagan.
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