Republicans plan to end Social Security within FIVE YEARS
In February, Senator Rick Scott — the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee — announced the Republican plan to phase out Social Security within five years. 1 Now, more and more of his Senate Republicans are jumping on board. Senator Ron Johnson just said he would strip guaranteed funding for Social Security and make it “discretionary” every year. 2 Senator Ron Paul said he would privatize it and put Wall Street in charge. 3 For decades, Republicans have been quietly scheming to gut Social Security, but now they’re openly admitting they want it on the chopping block. That’s why it’s time to pass legislation to strengthen and ensure its success for future generations. Social Security is one of the most successful government programs in history. It just celebrated its 87th birthday, and without it, millions of American seniors would fall into abject poverty. That’s why most observers expected that Republicans would back off their plans to destroy Social Sec...