Nbadan
10-16-2018, 11:33 PM
...but at least they're not voting for socialists....oh, wait.....medicare, medicaid and social security are socialism...
McConnell Calls For Cutting Government Programs To Deal With 'Disturbing' Debt
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Cameron Joseph
October 16, 2018 12:39 pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Congress to rein in major government programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in order to slow America’s spiraling national debt on Tuesday, ignoring the fact the tax plan he recently passed has further grown that number.
“It’s very disturbing, and it’s driven by the three big entitlement programs that are very popular: Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. That’s 70 percent of what we spend every year,” he said on Bloomberg News Tuesday when asked about the national debt. “There’s been a bipartisan reluctance to tackle entitlement changes because of the popularity of those programs. Hopefully at some point here we’ll get serious about this. We haven’t been yet.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/mcconnell-calls-for-cutting-government-programs-to-deal-with-disturbing-debt
MEANWHILE...The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to give the military $716 billion for 2019, approving one of the biggest defense budgets in modern American history...The 2019 military budget, approved by an 85-to-10 vote, gives America's armed forces an $82 billion increase from 2017....
McConnell Calls For Cutting Government Programs To Deal With 'Disturbing' Debt
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Cameron Joseph
October 16, 2018 12:39 pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Congress to rein in major government programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in order to slow America’s spiraling national debt on Tuesday, ignoring the fact the tax plan he recently passed has further grown that number.
“It’s very disturbing, and it’s driven by the three big entitlement programs that are very popular: Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. That’s 70 percent of what we spend every year,” he said on Bloomberg News Tuesday when asked about the national debt. “There’s been a bipartisan reluctance to tackle entitlement changes because of the popularity of those programs. Hopefully at some point here we’ll get serious about this. We haven’t been yet.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/mcconnell-calls-for-cutting-government-programs-to-deal-with-disturbing-debt
MEANWHILE...The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to give the military $716 billion for 2019, approving one of the biggest defense budgets in modern American history...The 2019 military budget, approved by an 85-to-10 vote, gives America's armed forces an $82 billion increase from 2017....