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As president, Trump tried and failed to cut benefits drastically. Some Republicans wanted to replace the entire SSI and disability system. See. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Trump, House Republican Cuts to SSI Would Harm Children With Disabilities, Sept. 18, 2017, Kathleen Romig and Guillermo Herrera. cbpp.org/research/socia…
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As president, Trump tried and failed to cut benefits drastically. Some Republicans wanted to replace the entire SSI and disability system. See. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Trump, House Republican Cuts to SSI Would Harm Children With Disabilities, Sept. 18, 2017, Kathleen Romig and Guillermo Herrera. https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/trump-house-republican-cuts-to-ssi-would-harm-children-with-disabilities
“The Trump proposal would cut SSI by more than $8 billion over the next decade, shrinking benefits for roughly a quarter of a million children with disabilities by between 38 and 66 percent. It would also increase SSI’s administrative costs and improper payments”.
That's why we should be telling MAGATs "don't slit your own throat" by supporting any Republican.
As long as they crush the libs, they are all for it. At least that is what I see in my retired cop cohort. Christian Nationalism is what they long for, but they sure don't see what they're going to get along with it...
Yes but anecdotally, a lot are flipping. The mantra, "Trump hates dogs" eventually works. Check out pet sites on Facebook.
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Ally, it’s like they see a vampire at the door, unable to cross the threshold, who tells them “I will suck the blood from all them libtards”…..”oh wonderful” is the reply “come on in!”.