‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ Wants Commission to Cut Social Security Formed ‘Immediately’
Social Security Works said that the new House speaker’s “NUMBER ONE priority is to cut our earned benefits behind closed doors.”
‘The idea was met with great enthusiasm.’
When Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives elected Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as speaker last week, critics quickly sounded the alarm about his previous calls to cut trillions of dollars from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—and the GOP leader triggered a fresh wave of fears on Thursday with related comments to a Capitol Hill journalist.
Via CommonDreams.org