House Republican budget will cut Social Security and Medicare for persons over 55

truebluefan · Feb 17, 2013

Politico's Jake Sherman captures this bit of teeth-gnashing from Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) about the GOP's plan to deliver a budget that will achieve balance by 2023 (my emphasis):

“We are saying a 10-year balance — that’s tougher than the last Ryan budget,” said Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), a former Budget Committee member and currently an Appropriations cardinal. “There could be a significant number of Republicans that say, ‘I’m not going there because it would be too dramatic.’ I have said to my constituents, nobody is talking about changing Social Security and Medicare if you’re 55 years or over.’ I’ve been selling it for three or four years that way. So have many other members. Well, to balance in 10, that 55 years is going to move up to 58, 59, 60. It makes us look like we’re going back on what we were telling people when we were trying to sell this.”
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