The GOP has already shown us who they are. We need to believe them.
.” That means if our notoriously gridlocked Congress couldn’t agree on the terms of what Social Security and Medicare should look like every five years, those programs would end.Before you roll your eyes and say that Republicans wont’ really end those two beloved federal programs, remember how many of us dismissed the GOP when for years they vowed to overturn Roe v. Wade. Many viewed their words as simply red meat for their base. It wasn’t.
We need to admit that GOP leaders mean what they say. They will doggedly work toward their goal of dismantling Social Security and Medicare, especially if they regain control of Congress and the White House. Here's the alarming truth: These calls to end Social Security and Medicare as they are administered are not new. Democrat Franklin Rooseveltinto law in 1935, and Democrat Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into existence in 1965.
For decades, Republicans have been saying they are coming for these programs, two of the Democratic Party’s proudest achievements. In fact, many Republicans actively campaigned against Medicare. George H.W. Bush, who was running for U.S. Senate in 1964, called Medicare “
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