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There are many that have literally admitted to wanting do so. https://www.barrons.com/articles/social-security-cuts-republicans-congress-51667590595 https://ww

by wnoise 4y ago

There are many that have literally admitted to wanting do so. https://www.barrons.com/articles/social-security-cuts-republicans-congress-51667590595 https://www.barrons.com/articles/social-security-cuts-republ...

ryan93 4y ago
It’s evil. But also right wing “virtue signaling”. Won’t happen
- Tao3300 4y ago
  That's the attitude that allowed Prohibition to happen. Weird virtue signaling over something very few people actually wanted allowed people to gain political clout, but then it all backfired and we accidentally got the thing.
  - ryan93 4y ago
    It was ratified by 46 states. Eliminating social security has zero support with democrats. And not much more with millions of republicans. Won’t happen. Historical comparisons aren’t necessarily Illuminative.
rufus_foreman 4y ago
Not one Republican in the article you cited literally admits to wanting to get rid of Social Security. Most of them mentioned in the article are apparently 8 Senate Republicans who are co-sponsors of the TRUST Act which would create Congressional committees to come up with plans to deal with federal programs that are heading towards insolvency, including Social Security. The act was also co-sponsored by 3 Senate Democrats, one Senate Independent, 2 House Republicans and 3 House Democrats. If that is "wanting to get rid of Social Security" (it isn't) then getting rid of Social Security is a bi-partisan effort. Then you also have one Republican who thinks we need benefit cuts at some point to deal with insolvency, one who thinks Social Security should be moved to discretionary funding rather than non-discretionary, one who thinks all federal programs should need to be voted on every 5 years, and one who made comments about getting rid of Social Security in 2010 but who now says we need to raise the retirement age to deal with insolvency.

by wnoise 4y ago

ryan93 4y ago

It’s evil. But also right wing “virtue signaling”. Won’t happen

Tao3300 4y ago
That's the attitude that allowed Prohibition to happen. Weird virtue signaling over something very few people actually wanted allowed people to gain political clout, but then it all backfired and we accidentally got the thing.
- ryan93 4y ago
  It was ratified by 46 states. Eliminating social security has zero support with democrats. And not much more with millions of republicans. Won’t happen. Historical comparisons aren’t necessarily Illuminative.

rufus_foreman 4y ago

Not one Republican in the article you cited literally admits to wanting to get rid of Social Security. Most of them mentioned in the article are apparently 8 Senate Republicans who are co-sponsors of the TRUST Act which would create Congressional committees to come up with plans to deal with federal programs that are heading towards insolvency, including Social Security. The act was also co-sponsored by 3 Senate Democrats, one Senate Independent, 2 House Republicans and 3 House Democrats. If that is "wanting to get rid of Social Security" (it isn't) then getting rid of Social Security is a bi-partisan effort. Then you also have one Republican who thinks we need benefit cuts at some point to deal with insolvency, one who thinks Social Security should be moved to discretionary funding rather than non-discretionary, one who thinks all federal programs should need to be voted on every 5 years, and one who made comments about getting rid of Social Security in 2010 but who now says we need to raise the retirement age to deal with insolvency.