@inclementimmigrant to politics • 1 month agoRepublican Rich McCormick: Tough choices ahead for welfare programsthehill.commessage-square33arrow-up175arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkRepublican Rich McCormick: Tough choices ahead for welfare programsthehill.com@inclementimmigrant to politics • 1 month agomessage-square33file-text
Great job there Americans and a special shout out to White gen-X’ers for cutting your own soon to be retirement.
minus-square@MegaUltraChickenlinkEnglish8•1 month ago but changes to Social Security are explicitly prohibited Unless you ignore the parliamentarian. Which the GOP would never do.
minus-square@FlowVoidlinkEnglish3•1 month agoThat’s equivalent to nuking the filibuster. Which Thune doesn’t want to do, because it guarantees that Social Security Plus is enacted in 2028.
minus-square@FlowVoidlinkEnglish3•1 month agoBecause in the 2028 election, the GOP would be reminded why Social Security is the third rail of politics.
Unless you ignore the parliamentarian. Which the GOP would never do.
That’s equivalent to nuking the filibuster. Which Thune doesn’t want to do, because it guarantees that Social Security Plus is enacted in 2028.
Why 2028?
Because in the 2028 election, the GOP would be reminded why Social Security is the third rail of politics.
An election in 2028?
Assuming we even have fair elections any more.