FACT CHECK: Is Biden a 'liar' for claiming GOP wants Social Security and Medicare cuts?

[Thinker101]

Biden’s accusations.

“Let us commit here tonight that the full faith and credit of the United States of America will never, ever be questioned. So my — many of — some of my Republican friends want to take the economy hostage — I get it — unless I agree to their economic plans. All of you at home should know what those plans are. Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans — some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I’m not saying it’s a majority.” — President Joe Biden, State of the Union address.

Biden’s claim that Republicans have pushed for an end to Medicare and Social Security during debt ceiling negotiations is false.

In fact, Republicans had explicitly said neither program is up for discussion as they consider which spending cuts to demand in exchange for their support of raising the debt limit.

FACT CHECK: Is Biden a 'liar' for claiming GOP wants Social Security and Medicare cuts?

 

[Moonglow]

Rick Scott has proven Biden's words to be true.

 

[kyzr]

Rick Scott has proven Biden's words to be true.

Rick Scott is NOT the GOP, duh.

Medicare will be BANKRUPT next year unless its fixed, and the democrats are whining about "GOP cuts"?!

How fucking stupid is that?

Medicare won't be "cut" by the GOP, Medicare "dies" under democrats.

 

[rightwinger]

Rick Scott has proven Biden's words to be true.

Most Republicans want to end Social Security. They have since it was created.
They just won’t say it out loud

 

[BluesLegend]

Okay, asshole Democrats have been claiming the GOP wants to cut SS and Medicare for DECADES. Well have they cut it yet? Thank you. Now stop lying Dems you big fat lying assholes!

 

[Mac1958]

In his speech, he said that it wasn't all Republicans, but that part was drowned out by the boos.

GQP has brought this on themselves with their rhetoric. If they want to "fire up the base" with these constant attacks on all things government, they're asking for this. And yes, we have many times seen them calling programs like Social Security and Medicare "Ponzi schemes". That's just a fact.

If the GQP wants to stop the silly hyperbole and talking point screaming, they won't be such easy targets on this.

 

[candycorn]

FACT CHECK: Is Biden a 'liar' for claiming GOP wants Social Security and Medicare cuts?​

no. The GOP has a long history of wanting to cut social security.

 

[BluesLegend]

Most Republicans want to end Social Security.

^^^ See there's no LIE Dems won't tell.

 

[Sixties Fan]

Newsweek has compiled a list of prominent Republicans who have previously either explicitly, or implicitly, called for cuts to Medicare or Social Security payments.

Mitch McConnell ​

Speaking in October 2018, McConnell called "entitlements," a term usually deployed to describe welfare payments like Medicare and Social Security, "the real drivers of the debt," adding they need to be adjusted "to the demographics of America in the future."

McConnell also described the GOP's failure on the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, as "the one disappointment of this Congress from a Republican point of view."

Ron Johnson​

In August, Republican Senator Ron Johnson suggested Medicare and Social Security should cease being federal entitlement programs, and instead require approval every year as "discretionary spending."

"If you qualify for the entitlement, you just get it no matter what the cost," he said. "And our problem in this country is that more than 70 percent of our federal budget, of our federal spending, is all mandatory spending. It's on automatic pilot. It never, you just don't do proper oversight. You don't get in there and fix the programs going bankrupt."
In response, House Majority leader Chuck Schumer said: "The junior senator from Wisconsin wants to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block."

Speaking to The Washington Post, Johnson's office later denied he wanted to end Medicare or Social Security.

Lindsey Graham​

In June, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham argued "entitlement reform" was needed to stop the U.S. from becoming like Greece, during a debate with Vermont's Bernie Sanders.

Graham made a similar argument nearly a decade earlier in December 2012, when he called for "real structural reforms to save Medicare and Social Security from bankruptcy and prevent our country from becoming Greece."

Marco Rubio ​

Speaking to two Politico journalists in 2017, Florida Senator Marco Rubio called for "structural changes" in U.S. welfare provisions.

"We have to do two things," he said. "We have to generate economic growth which generates revenue while reducing spending. That will mean instituting structural changes to Social Security and Medicare for the future."

Mike Lee​

Utah Senator Mike Lee claimed his goal was to "phase out Social Security" in February 2010, during a campaign stop in his state's Cache Valley.

He commented: "People who advise me politically always tell me it's dangerous and I tell them, 'In that case, it's not worth my running.' That's why I'm doing this, to get rid of that. Medicare and Medicaid are of the same sort, they need to be pulled up."

The senator told Newsweek in a statement in November that this is no longer his position, commenting: "This attack by my opponent is straight out of the Democrat playbook.

"Throughout my first campaign and from the day I took office, I have been clear: we must honor our commitments to retirees. That has been reflected in every vote I've cast, every bill I've introduced, and every speech I've given regarding Social Security."

Rick Scott ​

Whilst he hasn't explicitly called for Medicare or Social Security to be axed, Senator Rick Scott chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee when it proposed all federal laws should be eliminated after five years, unless Congress votes to keep them. The proposal was made as part of the 2022 Rescue America plan, though Mitch McConnell insisted it wasn't party policy.


A Washington Post editorial warned the proposal could "could mean an end to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, everything else mentioned above—and potentially more."

List of Republicans who have suggested cutting Medicare, Social Security

Biden claimed "some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset" during his State of the Union address.

www.newsweek.com

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[rightwinger]

^^^ See there's no LIE Dems won't tell.

OK
What percentage of Republicans voted for SS?
How many Republican bills expanded it?
How many Republican bills sought to water down SS or reduce COLA?

 

[kyzr]

Most Republicans want to end Social Security. They have since it was created.
They just won’t say it out loud

LIAR. Most Republicans support SS & Medicare. Maybe most billionaires want to end SS & Medicare?

Medicare will be bankrupt next year, so why do democrats want Medicare to go Bankrupt?

 

[Meister]

Most Republicans want to end Social Security. They have since it was created.
They just won’t say it out loud

Link, or you just spouting BS?

 

[kyzr]

Newsweek has compiled a list of prominent Republicans who have previously either explicitly, or implicitly, called for cuts to Medicare or Social Security payments.

Mitch McConnell ​

Ron Johnson
Lindsey Graham
Marco Rubio
Mike Lee
Rick Scott

LOL!! If you're posting old quotes, Joe Biden also supported cutting entitlements. Another partisan dishonest post.

 

[rightwinger]

Link, or you just spouting BS?

Actions speak louder than words

Want a hint?
Read how many USMB Republicans support SS and Medicare

 

[Sixties Fan]

LOL!! If you're posting old quotes, Joe Biden also supported cutting entitlements. Another partisan dishonest post.

When was that?

 

[Meister]

Actions speak louder than words

Want a hint?
Read how many USMB Republicans support SS and Medicare

Okay, then you don't have a bona fied link.
Just the ramblings from a commie sympathizer. Got it

 

[Nostra]

Most Republicans want to end Social Security. They have since it was created.
They just won’t say it out loud

Troll claims he can read minds.

The Dimtard Go-To move when their lies are exposed.

 

[Nostra]

no. The GOP has a long history of wanting to cut social security.

Lies.

 

[Dadoalex]

Most Republicans want to end Social Security. They have since it was created.
They just won’t say it out loud

Actually ...

They really want to "privatize" in service to their financial masters.

SS paid out 1.2T in 2022
SS took in 981`B in 2022

that's 2.1T exposed to "management fees" at, say .5?% about 20B in fees to the management companies.

 

[kyzr]

When was that?

Before State of Union attack on GOP, Biden pushed Social Security sunset, fed spending freezes

The legislation Biden put forward in the Senate back in July of 1975 would have terminated “all provisions of law” which allow “new budget authority for a period of more than four fiscal years,”…

nypost.com

Fact Check: Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 Years

“I tried with Senator Grassley back in the 1980s to freeze all government spending, including Social Security, including everything,” Biden said in 1995.

theintercept.com

FLASHBACK: Biden introduced bill to sunset all federal programs — including Social Security

While a senator from Delaware, now-President Biden introduced legislation to sunset all federal programs, including Social Security and Medicare, after four years.

www.foxnews.com

Biden doubled down on his legislation in the '90s, saying on the Senate floor that his bill would affect Social Security.
"When I argued that we should freeze federal spending, I meant Social Security, as well," Biden said. "I meant Medicare and Medicaid. I meant veterans’ benefits."
"I meant every single solitary thing in the federal government," he said. "And I not only tried it once, I tried it twice, I tried it a third time, and I tried it a fourth time."