EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is clapping again towards accusations from Democrats that Republicans are attempting to make cuts to Social Safety and Medicare advantages for seniors.
“The message to seniors is admittedly fairly easy. We’re going to strengthen Social Safety. That’s our purpose. And one of many methods we’re doing that’s by rooting out waste, fraud, abuse,” she informed Fox Information Digital in an unique interview, saying the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) has been an efficient device for doing so.
The senator is touting the RETIREES FIRST Act, which might elevate the revenue bar for someone to be required to pay federal taxes on their Social Safety payouts.
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Division of Authorities Effectivity chief Elon Musk and 7 different members sit down for an unique interview on “Particular Report.’ (Fox Information)
“Now, there’s additionally laws I’ve — and the president’s talked about this so much — and it is eradicating a federal revenue tax from Social Safety advantages. And as we work on the tax bundle, you are going to see this in a type of reconciliation packages,” she mentioned.
“The left and the mainstream media continues to speak so much about chopping Social Safety, and we aren’t doing that,” she mentioned. Blackburn’s workplace is circulating a memo highlighting a quote from President Donald Trump on “Sunday Morning Futures” final month saying he is “not going to the touch Social Safety, Medicare, Medicaid. Now, we’re going to get fraud out of there.”
“What we’re doing is strengthening. We aren’t chopping. What we’re doing is ensuring that folks which are defrauding the system, people who find themselves abusing the system, are now not going to have the ability to try this. Folks that have paid into Social Safety need to get each penny that they’re in line to obtain as a profit, and we wish to make sure that that occurs,” the Republican mentioned.
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Social Safety card (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)
Blackburn additionally took goal on the state of California, which made it a state legislation in 2024 to supply Medicaid, recognized within the state as Medi-Cal, to unlawful immigrants. This system is now being partially blamed for the state going practically $3.5 billion over finances for Medi-Cal, and the governor’s workplace has needed to ask for billions in loans to cowl the prices.
“So it is all taxpayer cash, and once you hear of a state like California who determined — they made a acutely aware determination, a really intentional determination — that they needed to supply healthcare for people who had been illegally coming into the nation, they usually needed the taxpayers to pay for it. And Tennesseans will say, ‘Nicely, we do not wish to shoulder that burden as a result of that is a coverage we do not agree with,'” Blackburn mentioned.
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ‘WRONG’ ON EVERY ISSUE: SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks on the Republican Nationwide Conference July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer and different Democrats in Congress have raised alarms about cuts made to the Social Safety Administration, together with 7,000 employees layoffs.
“Make no mistake: What Elon Musk is doing at Social Safety is chopping advantages. And Senate Republicans are standing with him. They blocked our amendments final week to guard Social Safety from DOGE and reverse the Social Safety layoffs and workplace closures,” Schumer tweeted Monday.
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Nonetheless, Elon Musk mentioned chopping advantages for individuals really taking them will not be the case.
“The intern working Schumer’s social media account is mendacity,” Musk mentioned in response to Schumer’s submit Tuesday.
