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Editor: For senior citizens, there is really only one issue this election: Social Security. There are proposals within Republican circles that advocate having both Social Security and Medicare reauthorized every

The Department of Homeland Security is still struggling to keephomeland security grants from becoming just another federalentitlement, and Congress has passed a bill that will make theDHS's job more difficult. Congress needs to eliminate minimum grantallocations, boost matching requirements, consolidate grantcategories, and require the DHS to conduct a full assessment ofnational capabilities.

Manchin, and talking to people who have spoken to joe manchin, he is not there yet. he still has serious concerns. in fact, with the process, he told me earlier today that its going to quote take a while for him to get there. he has concerns about a whole wide range of issues, one of which is to expand medicare to include hearing coverage. he told me thats not the way to go given the solvency concerns of that entitlement program. thats a red line for bernie sanders who wants to expand medicare a...

Might not ever be willing to support joe bidens larger economic agenda. the $1.75 trillion plan. he said ill vote for a good plan but i may never vote for a plan he believes would hurt the u.s. economy. he had concerns if this bill was full of gimmicks and its true cost to the economy is more than $1.75 trillion. he raised concerns about the growth of social programs that are outlined in this bill. he also made clear his concerns and opposition to the growth of medicare. that would include heari...

From the beginning. republicans worried from the beginning, saying, if it passes, that is an entitlement program that will never be taken away. republicans since 2010 have been doing everything they could do to undermine the affordable care act. they controlled the white house. they controlled the house. they controlled the senate after donald trump got elected for a couple of years before he blew all of that and they lost it all. and they still couldnt get rid of the affordable care act. so dem...

Government needs to spend more to dramatically lower that burden and according to the organization for economic cooperation and development, the u.s. spends just $500 per child per child care, thats the lowest advancement compared to other advanced nations like norway which spends $29,000 per child. bidens plan calls on spending $250 billion over ten years the subsidized child care, lower to middle-income families who will not pay more than he says 7% of their income for child care. the white ho...

What they are first in line after the debt service. the reason you have to pay debt service first 14 amendment compelling it says: >> those come first. then the entitlement program, the rest. congress and president have to work out priorities. they have to live within the budget. they cant borrow any more. they are telling us that economy will collapse, well default on our debt, well not, that people will not get paid social security, they will. and they are trying to scare the hell out of you, ...

What they are first in line after the debt service. the reason you have to pay debt service first 14 amendment compelling it says: >> those come first. then the entitlement program, the rest. congress and president have to work out priorities. they have to live within the budget. they cant borrow any more. they are telling us that economy will collapse, well default on our debt, well not, that people will not get paid social security, they will. and they are trying to scare the hell out of you, ...

For illegal immigrants stung, $7.9 billion for tax enforcement. i bet they get that. government electric cars. $3 billion for tree equity and whatever that may be. biased training, 4 billion for distance learning. 3.5 trillion to pick your number. the question is how much of this kind of stuff remains? >> you have got the ridiculous, which is the list you just went through, will. but then you have the highly dangerous, which is the new entitlement program that get baked into this bill and that d...