During an interview with C-SPAN on Friday, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) stated that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will need reform to achieve the fiscal discipline desired by President-Elect Donald Trump because the rest of the
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the next Republican president “has to be more serious” than previous GOP presidents about addressing the national debt, even if it means making significant changes to social security and medicare.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while President Joe Biden’s exchange with Congressional Republicans over entitlement spending during the State of the Union made Democrats happy, “there was no shot” Republicans were ever going to support
Democrats’ spending bill could end up costing double what they are publicly claiming, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Joe Biden is now asking for a bill that spends $1.9 and $2.2 trillion, according to reports surrounding a video conference meeting the president had with Democrat leftists in the House led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) said April’s jobs report was a function of paying Americans not to work, as opposed fears of coronavirus.
President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus package into law Thursday, providing a path for an expansion of the welfare state by permanently maintaining socialistic entitlements originating from the legislation, such as the expanded child tax credit, which is now expanded from $2,000 to a maximum of $3,600 per kid for one year.
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled Monday that it is discriminatory to deny Puerto Ricans access to certain U.S. welfare programs.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Joe Biden (D) sparred on social media Thursday over the former vice president’s past remarks on entitlements.
Trump knows we cannot cut or tax our way into solvency. We need an economy great enough for all our people.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told a group of supporters over the weekend she is “tired” of being told free college and Medicare for All are handouts, arguing “nobody else is giving us a damn thing.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unveiled a “major project” designed to combat poverty on Wednesday dubbed “A Just Society,” which – in part – gives illegal immigrants access to federal public benefits.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) unveiled another key aspect of her progressive agenda hours before the third Democrat presidential debate in Houston, Texas, proposing Thursday to raise Social Security benefits by $200 per month and pay for it by raising taxes on the “rich.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) – a top Democrat 2020 contender – has not offered a watered-down version of the political vision he pushed during the Democrat Primary race against Hillary Clinton. He has expanded upon it, offering plans that would drastically grow government and affect Americans – regardless of class, race, or ideology – across the board.
Given Trump’s ostentatious support for middle-of-the-road policies — including preserving Medicare and Social Security — the only way for Democrats to create “clear blue water” between themselves and the incumbent has been to offer the electorate eccentric socialist dogma.
The executive director of an association of physicians that promotes patient-centered, free-marked health care says Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act (AHCA) “cements” the “basic flawed premises” of Obamacare.
Drudge Report editor and Washington Times columnist Charles Hurt tells Breitbart News Daily that Ted Cruz is doing the “work” of the Republican establishment “to prevent Donald Trump from clinching the nomination.”
An unintentionally revealing interview with House Speaker Paul Ryan shows exactly why he’s being touted as an establishment replacement for Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, and also why Trump is the shocking frontrunner for the 2016 nomination.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that fellow Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson “wants to abolish Medicare,” “a program that’s worked” on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Trump, in response to a question on why people should vote for
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he would not support a debt ceiling increase that had cuts for Medicare and Social Security on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show.” Sanders was asked a reportedly to be announced
Republican presidential candidate Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal stated that he’s the only candidate “with a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare without a new entitlement plan” on Tuesday’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” on the Fox Business Network. When asked [relevant
Republican presidential candidate Ohio Governor John Kasich discussed his taxation, budgeting, and regulatory plans on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Kasich said, “we have a legitimate plan, that freezes the non-defense discretionary, does put more money into defense
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson argued that it “will be necessary” to raise the retirement age for people under 55, and he “would love” if people who “really don’t need it” opted out of Social Security on Monday’s broadcast
In a call to the Republican Party to “man-up” and boldly stand up for conservative principles, while instilling them into national policy, Jindal says the “bad news” is that Walker’s newly released proposal “provides universal coverage with a guarantee of government coverage for everyone.”
“In a health care plan that is light on specifics, Governor Walker endorsed the fundamental underpinning of Obamacare – the notion that America needs another entitlement program,” Jindal said according to a press release from his campaign. “In Governor Walker’s plan, a new entitlement is created for every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare…”
The biggest failure of Obamacare is its inability to create and market a product that healthy people (especially young adults) want to buy.
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law and enrolled former President Harry Truman as its first beneficiary. But today, federal unfunded liabilities are catastrophic for future taxpayers and economic growth. The US Debt Clock lists federal unfunded liabilities at $97 trillion. That equals about $818 thousand per taxpayer; about three times average U.S. net worth; and 131 percent of world GDP.
