If Republicans win control of the House or Senate tonight (or both) the main practical consequence is they will use the threat of a global economic collapse to try to force benefit cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

I wonder what percentage of voters know this?

@juddlegum The same number who are being inundated by breathless right wing accounts calling any such suggestion a lie. Although they do seem pretty hair-on-fire about declaring it a lie, which in my book means they do want to destroy Social Security.