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Republicans are bent on eviscerating America’s security against poverty!
The recession has taken its toll on hard-working Americans. It has left a nation insecure and unsure of the future; a future that is dimming with every new crisis.
Not since the 1930’s has the need for a social safety net been more crucial.
Years of impaired vision, misplaced ideology, and tainted government have left the U.S. vulnerable to a catastrophic collapse the magnitude of the ‘30’s.
Republicans, after causing most of our fiscal problems, are attacking the social safety net, more specifically Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, as the major problems in our fiscal solvency.
Representative Ryan’s attempt to privatize Medicare is meeting considerable resistance. People are acutely aware of the negative ramifications of his proposed voucher system; a push for privatizing healthcare.
George W. Bush’s attempt to do the same to Social Security in 2005 was equally rebuked and failed for good reason.
Why are people so averse to modernizing these social programs?
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