The US president, the Democrat Joe Biden, warned this Wednesday of the intention of the Republicans to want to cut social programs, such as Medicare and Social Security.
After doing it during the State of the Union address, which raised boos among Republicans indicating a turnaround for this party, after years in which he explicitly defended it, Biden did it again during a trip to the state of Wisconsin.
History is full of prominent Republicans, from President George W. Bush, who wanted to privatize or reduce these social programs.
As budget talks progress, the White House intends to use history to its advantage.
“They didn’t like what I said,” Biden said during a speech at the union headquarters in DeForest.
There he recalled the positions of Republican senators Ron Johnson Mike Lee to insist that they want to attack Social Security and Medicare (public health insurance for people over 65, young people with disabilities or low income).
Recalling the objections of the Republicans during his speech, Biden said: “When I reminded them of this last night, (their reaction) it seemed that they agreed to take these cuts off the table,” immediately relativizing: “Well, I hope it is true. But I’ll only believe it when I see it.”
This eventual political change by the Republicans is happening in real time, which influences the definition of the parameters of the budget negotiations, when Biden and Congress try to come up with a plan to raise the debt limit, to be defined. for the summer.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy insisted that cuts to Medicare and Social Security are “out of the question,” and many House and Senate Republicans vehemently agreed with Biden during his speech, a despite some train arrivals who insulted the president by calling him a “liar”. ‘when he suggested that the Republicans were proposing cuts in these programs.
But it remains to be seen what the Republicans will demand in exchange for these cuts as they try to reduce federal spending.
Source: TSF
