Robert ReichDo I have this right: Republicans added ~$7 trillion to the national debt under Trump, but now they want to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare before raising the debt ceiling?
Earthshine --> moved@rbreich It's always the way with the two Santa Claus con. It's worked for 40 years, why change it?
Str8nger
Macdaptable@rbreich Yup. Surprised?
William Lewis III14th Amendment to the US Constitution:
Section 4 Public Debt
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
The debt ceiling is utterly unconstitutional. The administration needs to ignore it
Art Saves Us All@rbreich They seem to want more profit for corporations. Screw the poor we'll carry the burden. Is that about right?
Todd Gatts
bitterseeds@rbreich As I've seen, the Dems seem to be answering with No. Good. Make the GOP own this. No negotiations if it means my mother's SS and medicare get chopped. Make these traitors break the Constitutional mandate to pay OUR bills. /end
Doug 🇨🇦🌈@rbreich Hypocrites
@rbreich and SS and Medicare don't impact the debt.
jlbdixon@rbreich
They will take food assistance, money and healthcare from seniors, the poor and children but not repeal the massive tax breaks they gave to millionaires and corporations that contributed to the majority of that debt.
They will take food assistance, money and healthcare from seniors, the poor and children but not repeal the massive tax breaks they gave to millionaires and corporations that contributed to the majority of that debt.
RobMageeTromboneAs Bernie recently said, the Republican Party's goal is to privatize everything, and end up with a handful of massive corporations running everything.
lsitongia@rbreich I used to think, if only Democrats would use reverse psychology on Republicans! Then I realized, they are!
Shawn@rbreich like clockwork.
@rbreich Yup…. Sigh…. Please educate voters…. Only way to get reasonable governments elected.,,.
Dancingwiththebeloved@rbreich that is their playbook
VHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦@rbreich all they ever think of.
Pete@rbreich Good luck to them! The over-50s provide proportionally more support to Republicans than any other age group. Try cutting Social Security and see what happens to that support.
Barton John Bishoff@rbreich Do I have this right? 70% of offices were unopposed in 2022 election. You don’t get change by carrying signs or whining on social media. You get change by winning elections.
Quacker@rbreich Doesn’t surprise me at all.
It's their "starve the beast" strategy, and they've been doing it openly for years.
dgans@rbreich Fiscal responsibility for thee but not for me.