(link) GOP: the party of self-inflicted wounds


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Posted by SagoBob on March 23, 2024 at 14:49:14

This times it's some GOP'ers in Congress. Lead paragraph from the MSN OpEd piece follows:

"Earlier this week, the Republican Study Committee, the largest GOP caucus in the House of Representatives, released its proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. It includes longtime conservative wish list items like raising the Social Security retirement age for younger Americans, reducing benefits for younger high-income earners, and converting Medicare into a voucher-style “premium support” program."

Then there's this, also from the OpEd piece, which fits with their vision of further enriching the rich, while driving the middle class and poor deeper into poverty.

"Like Trump’s budget proposals, the RSC couches its changes in the language of fiscal responsibility. But the RSC simultaneously calls for permanently extending the Trump tax cuts, which are heavily weighted toward the wealthy and corporations, and proposes additional tax cuts — all totaling more than $5 trillion over 10 years."




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