Quote Originally Posted by Kirby101 View Post
Mets is using more of his normal "factual lies". SS is funded from a trust and SS taxes, not the general fund. And it is mostly funded for 75 years (indexing the ceiling would so
The vast, vast majority of the tax cuts went to the wealthy.

A few cents for the middle class is part of the con job you conservative pull.

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/19/57175...e-middle-class

And of course we see that they did baloon the deficit with litlle impact to the economy.

But that is what yourParty wants. The true deficit creators.
That’s also a great point. The focus should be on discretionary spending (i.e. spending that is actually eligible for yearly review). Pointing to Medicare (the elimination of which hurts seniors who have no real, affordable private alternative and would never have one) is ridiculous and cruel. Guess what is the most we spend in discretionary spending? Military spending; where we spend more than the next twenty-five countries behind us combined. Fun fact! If we were to spend as much as the nearest country behind us, the low-point deficit under Obama would’ve approached $0 alone.