GOP Rep Floats Cuts To Social Security And Medicare

“I’m all for a balanced budget. We’ve got to get spending under control, but we are not going to do it on the backs of our troops and our military when at the same time we’re talking about China is the greatest threat.

“We’re going to have a select committee on China. They’re tripling their nuclear arsenal. Iran is racing towards a new North Korea is about to launch an ICBM. Russia is on the on the march.

“And oh, by the way, we still have a global terrorist state now in Afghanistan. Thanks to Joe Biden. So this is I mean, we can work on prioritizing defense spending, but that’s really nibbling around the margins.

“If we really want to talk about the debt and spending, it’s the entitlements program that’s 70% of our entire budget, that $1.7 trillion. And defense within that is only 30%.

“So if we want to talk about big reforms, I look forward to hearing that from those folks who are pushing towards a balanced budget.” – GOP Rep. Michael Waltz, this afternoon on Fox Business.

Waltz first appeared on JMG in December 2020 when the Orlando Sentinel retracted its endorsement after he joined the fight to overturn the result of the presidential election.

From the paper’s apology: “We had no idea, had no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed to democracy.”

They are going to try to cut Social Security and Medicare. It could not be clearer. https://t.co/h1cXaa6iwa

— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) January 9, 2023