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Originally Posted by crockett
Actually, this tax cut is Republicans long term plab to kill social security, Medicare and welfare. This tax cut is going to put us in massive debt and 8 years down the road we wont have the money for ss welfae and medicare..
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Paul Ryan has already said next year they will focus on entitlement reform which, in Republican speak, means trying to privatize Social Security and cutting Medicare. They may also try to actually reform welfare/food stamps, but likely it means cuts.
Ryan, McConnell and rank and file GOP seem to have figured out that Trump will sign anything they put in front of him so long as they convince him it will make him look good. I think they are going to try to force through all the stuff they have wanted for a while before the 2018 midterms so if they lose control they still got what they wanted and if they don't lose control and there is backlash or things go badly, they can just drop it all in Trump's lap.