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Eugene

(63,759 posts) Tue Mar 11, 2025, 07:10 PM Tuesday

Republican Mark Alford Just Says Flat Out They'll Cut Medicare

Source: The New Republic

Republican Just Says Flat Out They’ll Cut Medicare

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Tue, March 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM EDT 3 min read

Just two weeks after insisting that Donald Trump’s budget resolution wouldn’t touch entitlement programs, Republicans have opted to completely give up the game on slashing Medicare and Medicaid.

In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Elon Musk used lies and deceit to try to convince the American public that they should hack the popular social programs—along with food stamps, Social Security, and unemployment—by hundreds of billions of dollars. By Tuesday, Republican lawmakers had already fallen in line.

“If he moves to largely eliminate entitlement programs, are you OK with it?” pressed CNN’s Kate Bolduan.

“I think when he talks about elimination, we’re talking about waste, abuse, and fraud, and it is true that the Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up about 75 percent of our budget. It’s mandatory spending,” Missouri Representative Mark Alford said. “We’ve got to find the savings there. We will do that.”

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Republican Mark Alford Just Says Flat Out They'll Cut Medicare (Original Post) Eugene Tuesday OP

Throw that back at that pipsqueak mike johnson. JohnSJ Tuesday #1

That 75% is a lie. Those programs make up 55% of the budget. Nt spooky3 Tuesday #2

I just wonder how the magaloons will blame President Biden and the Democrats when the repukes will kimbutgar Tuesday #3

I have some requirements before a single $0.05 cut should be even considered... Moostache Tuesday #4

"We've got to find the savings there. We will do that." Wiz Imp Tuesday #5

if they wanted to find WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE Skittles Wednesday #6

We will find savings by letting people die without health care. milestogo Wednesday #7

JohnSJ

(98,116 posts)

1. Throw that back at that pipsqueak mike johnson.

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Tue Mar 11, 2025, 07:11 PM

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spooky3

(37,182 posts)

2. That 75% is a lie. Those programs make up 55% of the budget. Nt

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Tue Mar 11, 2025, 07:12 PM

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kimbutgar

(24,535 posts)

3. I just wonder how the magaloons will blame President Biden and the Democrats when the repukes will

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Tue Mar 11, 2025, 07:13 PM

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Curtail and destroy Medicare ? Will the idiots finally get “woke” and realize they have been screwed over by the orange Hitler and his Rasputin 🐀?

Moostache

(10,370 posts)

4. I have some requirements before a single $0.05 cut should be even considered...

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Tue Mar 11, 2025, 07:15 PM

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1) Social Security contribution caps? GONE. Sliding scale all the way up the wealth scale (NO LONGER JUST INCOME)
2) Taxes cut? EVERY cut to a program is to be offset with a corresponding RAISE of taxes on wealth. If you're SOOOOOOOO concerned about debt, put your money where your tax cuts are and AFTER that we can revisit taxes when the debt is eliminated...
3) We're not ALL stupid, inbred, mouth-breathing Fox News addicts...you are a lying disgrace with no self-worth and should be scorned and mocked for the rest of your earthly existence, THEN you should be sent to the 7th circle of Hell, where I hope they make you participate in TRANS-partner hot yoga stretching for 23 and 1/2 hours a day.

Wiz Imp

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5. "We've got to find the savings there. We will do that."

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Tue Mar 11, 2025, 08:42 PM

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We'll have to lie and call the savings "waste, fraud & abuse" even though there is very little fraud and abuse in these programs. But it needs to be done. They are all a giant waste anyway - why should the government be helping people who need help? or paying back the money people paid into SS to be there for their retirement? Cutting taxes for billionaires is much more important.