The Trial Lawyer Fall 2022 | Page 90

REPUBLICANS Are Hellbent On KILLING Social Security And Medicare

By Thom Hartmann
It ’ s The Ronald Reagan Memorial Competition : which Republican can make the rich richer and the poor poorer the fastest ?
Recently , Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin wants to one-up Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida in this perpetual GOP contest over who can most effectively screw working people .
Johnson wants Congress to vote every year whether or not to continue funding both Social Security and Medicare , while Scott says it should only be every five years .
On top of that , in a true tribute to Saint Ronny , they ’ re competing for how to most aggressively raise income taxes on working-class people , and how quickly .
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