GOP Senators: Like Ron Johnson (WI) Out of Control, Out of Step, Harsh, Mean, Nasty

 

Heil me and always only me

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) entered Congress on the now defunct “Tea Party” wave of 2010. He is up for re-election this November. Democrats think they have a chance of winning the seat. Why and based on what?

For starters, Johnson is a whacky nut roll and his own words prove my point – this for example his recent attack on social security and in essence wanting to reduce the government’s role in protecting it outlined from The Guardian headline story:

“On the chopping block? Ron Johnson denies threatening social security”

Swing-state Republican senator Johnson denied threatening Social Security and Medicare after Democrats accused him of putting them “on the chopping block.”

In an interview on the “The Regular Joe Show” podcast, Johnson said social security and Medicare, key support programs for millions of older and disabled Americans and their dependents, “… should no longer be considered mandatory spending.”

Specifically Johnson said: “If you qualify for the entitlement, you just get it no matter what the cost. And our problem in this country is that more than 70% of our federal budget, of our federal spending, is all mandatory spending. It’s on automatic pilot … you just don’t do proper oversight. You don’t get in there and fix the programs going bankrupt.”

Johnson added: “What we ought to be doing is we ought to turn everything into discretionary spending so it’s all evaluated so that we can fix problems or fix programs that are broken, that are going to be going bankrupt. As long as things are on automatic pilot, we just continue to pile up debt.”

Democrats quickly pounced with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate majority leader, referring to Trump’s “MAGA” slogan when he said about Johnson’s remarks: “They’re saying the quiet part out loud. MAGA Republicans want to put social security and Medicare on the chopping block.”

A Johnson spokesperson said Schumer is a liar adding: “Sen. Johnson’s point was that without fiscal discipline and oversight typically found with discretionary spending, Congress has allowed the guaranteed benefits for programs like social security and Medicare to be threatened. This must be addressed by Congress taking its responsibilities seriously to ensure that seniors don’t need to question whether the programs they depend on remain solvent.”

FYI: Johnson belongs to this bunch as a really bad bunch of Senators who all come across as harsh, nasty, and ugly regarding decent policy and help for the country except in their narrow-minded views in most cases as we’ve seen recently:

A few more could be added to this list 

My 2 Cents: Social Security payments average just over $1,600 a month. 

Also, and keep in mind most of that money is from what workers earned in most cases with their more than 40 quarters of lifetime work, or for a surviving spouse and children – money that they earned. 

It has been in effect ever since it was passed into law by FDR in 1935, and the government has supplemented and supported ever since. It must remain that way. So to the entire GOP: Hands off!!!

BTW Sen. Johnson and those around you: You all have SS and will benefit from it when you and they hit 65 or so, retire, and start drawing it. 

In simple terms to Johnson anyone else in the GOP with that crazy mind set or previous GOP calls to “privatize it” – get lost, and once again: Hands off SS and Medicare (and also off Obama-care, too). 

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