Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Stepping back a bit, in 1995 Newt Gingrich shut down the government in an attempt to force Bill Clinton to make major cuts in Medicare and Medicaid 6/ https://t.co/aFNxD5pcNx — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2023

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In 2005 George W. Bush tried to move forward with that plan, although conservatives insisted that calling it "privatization" (which polled badly) was a left-wing smear; meanwhile Cato quietly changed the name of its project 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2023

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After the Republican takeover of the House in 2010, Paul Ryan pushed a plan to convert Medicare into a voucher system, although as with "privatization" he insisted that calling vouchers vouchers was a left-wing smear 7/ https://t.co/Mb7H7oNHzX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2023