In his typical all-caps style, Trump posted: “Unlike the Democrats, who are KILLING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE by allowing the INVASION OF THE MIGRANTS, I will NOT, under any circumstance, allow either of these two precious GEMS to be even touched under a Trump Administration.” The reality is [...]
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January 14th, 2025 - 8:52 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s bald-faced lie about Social Security and migrants
Leaked GOP plan cuts billions from Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA
A leaked GOP document reveals plans to cut $479 billion from Medicare, $2.3 trillion from Medicaid (the health care program for America’s low-income and poor), $347 billion from nutrition programs (including food stamps); and $55 billion of federal support from the Affordable Care Act and $15 bill[...]
Taxes, spending, and deficits (video)
Year after year, Republicans want to cut taxes and spending. It’s no mystery whose taxes they want to cut: The rich. But if you ask about spending cuts, they aren’t specific. What I like about this video is that it’s just about numbers and has no political message. Return to The-Av[...]
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How Trump will lower Elon Musk’s taxes (video)
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So you thought Trump was a populist?
If you voted for Trump thinking he’ll do more for the little people than Democrats have, you’re in for a rude awakening. You’ve been scammed. He’s filling his cabinet and administration with billionaires. He’s “dining with industry lobbyists and promising regulat[...]
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Trump’s austerity snake oil
It’s a decades-old GOP playbook: Cut taxes for the rich, which explodes deficits, then argue the middle-class has to bear “pain.” Trump surrogate Elon Musk, who will head the 47th president’s efficiency commission, is proposing cutting a third of spending, but won’t say what will[...]
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Trump’s Social Security tax cut scam
Trump recently made a campaign promise to stop taxing Social Security benefits. Sounds great for retirees, right? It’s a scam. Years ago, Congress enacted this tax to save Social Security. Currently, it raises about $94 billion a year for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. Losing th[...]
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March 10th, 2023 - 9:32 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Nikki Haley insults working poor
Nikki Haley, who wants to be president, believes if you’re a single working mother juggling parenting with two or three low-wage jobs and need Medicaid and food stamps to make ends meet, you’re a lazy couch potato. Haley wants to slash funding for those programs, which also help seniors [...]
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Normal or crazy? You decide
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders, Trump’s former White House press secretary. was chosen (for complex reasons) to deliver the GOP rebuttal to Biden’s state of the union speech on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Here’s part of what she said (courtesy of Raw Story here): “In the radical [...]
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January 19th, 2023 - 4:03 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Republicans worry about debt only when they have an agenda
Republicans are using the debt ceiling to leverage cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Those programs are self-funded with payroll taxes, add nothing to deficits or debt, and cutting benefits won’t reduce the deficit or avoid debt. Republicans hope gullible voters won’t notice those de[...]
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