There are several plans. Republicans are considering that would steal your Social Security. The way they carry out their goal is relatively easy. They use the Debt Ceiling Vote to hold the President and Democrats hostage so they can gut a program that millions of Americans depend on.

Social Security is Not an Entitlement

Six million Americans get their income from Social Security.  

Sixty-four million Americans use Medicare for their primary health insurance, and 76 million use Medicaid for healthcare.

This is Political Woman; I’m Gloria Moraga.

It is October 2022, and Republicans have been talking about and “floating” their ideas to cut Social Security for most of this year. They use words like, We want to “Fix Social Security; or”Shore Up Social Security.” They erroneously call  Social Security an “entitlement.”

This is a Potomac Word Game. They claim they are doing this all in the name of “Fiscal Responsibility.”  

What a laugh. Ha Ha Ha.  Can you hear my voice dripping with sarcasm?

Social Security is NOT an Entitlement

They are not “Entitlements.” They are being funded through every employed person’s paycheck.

Right now. The Social Security Trust Fund is performing better than the Stock Market. 

In this post/podcast/video, I will stick to the Republican Proposals to Cut or Gut Social Security.

I will not get into the History of Social Security or How many times Republican Administrations have tried to Steal from the Social Security Trust Fund.

I will concentrate on what Republican lawmakers want to do in 2023 if they gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. And the United States Senate.

Currently, polls show that Republicans will win, even with the travesty of the Dobbs decision that eliminates a Woman’s Constitutional Right to Privacy. Republicans still may win control.

Why? It’s the Economy, Stupid. To quote a former Democratic strategist.

You may think this is much hysteria about nothing because a Democrat, Joe Biden, is President.

Think again.

Okay. Here we go.

Let Me Count the Ways Republican Could Steal from Your SS Trust Fund

Plan One:

Sunset all Federal Legislation. If it’s that critical, Congress can refund a program. This is from Rick Scott. How can you be so rich and so stupid? He is the wealthiest man in the United States Senate.

If that happens, the entire Social Security Act, including Medicare and Social Security Pensions that all Americans over 70 receive monthly, would disappear. 

Poof.

Plan Two

Raise Medicare age of eligibility to 67 and Social Security eligibility to 70. They want to index both to life expectancy.  Cut off Social Security at 90.

Plan Three

Withhold Social Security from people who are forced to retire early and prevent you from drawing on Social Security until you earn a certain among of money.  Stop rich people from getting social security. And cuts your Veterans Benefits if you are getting social security.

Plan Four

Reduce your payroll taxes that Fund Social Security and REDIRECT THEM TO PRIVATE ALTERNATIVES. YUP. PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY. Why not give your money to big business? Let them invest it for you.

I will stop talking about their lame brain plans and tell you something about the Social Security Trust Fund versus the Stock Market.

The social security trust fund is better than it was a year ago. Right now, it’s running a smaller deficit. Here’s why.

We’ve had a stronger-than-expected recovery from the pandemic-induced recession., higher expected levels of labor productivity, and lower anticipated long-range disability incidence rates.

People are working. Unemployment is low.

Now you may ask? How can Republicans go to do this if Joe Biden is President? Democrat. Check and Balances. Right? Not anymore.

It’s the Debt Ceiling Vote, Stupid

Here is how they plan to do it—the Debt Ceiling Vote.

I read a great article, “Republicans using the debt ceiling as an excuse to kill social security.”

I found the article on Yahoo News. A finance column is written brilliantly by Michael Miltzik.

Quote:

“The debt ceiling was not originally meant as a limit on the Treasury’s authority to issue debt, but rather as a way to give it more latitude to borrow. It was enacted in 1917 when Congress grew weary of voting on every proposed bond issuance, considered a pain in the neck.”

 The vote to raise the debt ceiling is not about spending more. It’s about paying the bills we currently have. If we breach the debt ceiling, payments on the existing debt will stop. Social Security checks, Medicare reimbursements to doctors and hospitals, and paychecks to military families.

Ruining the U.S. government’s unblemished history of always paying its debts would instantly raise its borrowing costs,

We have to pay those debts. If we don’t, it hurts the United State’s government history of paying our debts.

Republican promise to use the Debt Ceiling threat to get the cuts they want in the budget. Like cutting social security.

Forgive me; they want to “shore it up.”

 According to the article by the great Mr. Michael Miltzik.

Quote:

“In 2011, I observed that the debt ceiling had been raised by congressional votes 91 times since 1960, generally without discussion. That included seven times under George W. Bush and three times (by then) under Barack Obama. That year, Republicans took majority control of the House of Representatives, and the debt ceiling morphed into the raw material of a political stunt.”

Who the Hell Do They Think They Are?

Finally, why do Republicans think they can get away with this massive attempt to steal millions of dollars that do not belong to the Government in the first place?  It belongs to workers. To you and me.

I don’t know. But I can guess. Otherwise, I won’t have asked the question.

Look at what has happened under Donald Trump. He denied the election. Now they reject it. He mocked the Pandemic and scoffed at Masks. Millions died while he got the best health care in the world. So they did the same. And millions are still at risk. What are republicans going to do? Investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci. OMG. Fauci is a Brilliant Scientist.

Trump stole millions in his scams to build the wall. And to fight election fraud. They helped. He incited an insurrection. They refused to impeach him. He stole classified documents that are a matter of life and death. They plan to side with him and Not the Department of Justice if they win control of congress.

Finally, they cut taxes for the rich, while Biden plans to tax the wealthiest Americans. Republicans say they will stop Biden.

Biden is trying to fix the mess they have made. Now they are planning to Obama Biden. Which means I just made this up. This means they will block every good thing our president is working to do.

Back to tax cuts for the rich.

Look what happened in Great Britain when the prime Minister proposed Tax Cuts for the Rich. They kicked her out of the office.

We not only let Republicans and Trump do that. But we did nothing after they tried to steal an election and after they tried to destroy our Country, and they are still trying.

This is not a joke. Vote!