FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Friday, October 19, 2018
DO NOT ROB SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT
Submitted by Jean Sealey
CALL OR RESISTBOT your members of Congress to let them know Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are off limits as a solution to the burgeoning deficit. It was no surprise to many people that the tax break for the very wealthy would not pay for itself, as was promised by the Republican-controlled Congress and Executive Branch. It not …
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blamed rising federal deficits and debt on a bipartisan unwillingness to contain spending on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and said he sees little chance of a major deficit reduction deal while Republicans control Congress and the White Hou…