Judd Legum

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5. The RSC budget cuts Medicare benefits by increasing the retirement age, first by "aligning Medicare’s eligibility age with the normal retirement age for Social Security and then indexing this age to life expectancy." Again, they are cutting benefits for many people to zero. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 14, 2023

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4. The RSC budget also changes the benefit formula to reduce benefits for all workers who are 54 years and younger. It would weaken the health of the program by allowing workers to divert payroll taxes previously devoted to Social Security into private retirement accounts. — PolitiTweet.org

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6. That's really as far as you need to go. There are 156 members of the Republican Study Committee -- which is more than half of the Republicans in Congress. There are also plenty of non-members (and many Senators) who also support cuts https://t.co/UyZ7jYMvmX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 14, 2023