Sahil Kapur

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Every so often a Republican lawmaker or conservative policy adviser floats Social Security or Medicare cuts and it quickly gets shot down. Reason: Their base is full of old people who like those programs hence they want bipartisan cover to dull the political pain. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 10, 2020 Hibernated

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Republicans have been trapped in this box for a decade. They want to slash taxes and expand the military while saying they’re for deficit reduction, which means cutting Social Security or Medicare. But they won’t use that knife unless Democrats’ fingerprints are also on it. — PolitiTweet.org

Allies say Trump is unlikely to embrace plans & conservations that call for massive spending cuts & changes to Medi… https://t.co/0…

Posted May 10, 2020 Hibernated

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The last time Democrats were willing to cut those programs was in the Obama-Boehner grand bargain talks of 2011, which never materialized. Then Obama won re-election, intra-party politics changed, and now even moderate Dems want to expand Social Security and Medicare. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 10, 2020 Hibernated