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There and they have then i think you turn the tables on joe biden. and, by the way, his wingman on this, donald trump, who s also hitting desantis on in the, and you ask them what they re plan is and how they re going to the make medicare more responsive to the needs of seniors and what they re going to do when social security has to impose a benefit cut in just a decade. you know, this is a good debate to be having, but i think ron desantis the, he can manage this. he s got to have some positions, and hen he s got to go on offense. paul: kyle, turning to the rest of the speech and his approach here, the bipartisanship promises, this is, i guess, biden bipartisanship 2.0. did he persuade you that it s a serious effort this time? and what issue do you think that he mentioned is a sincere attempt at bipartisanship? well, i think there was sincere bipartisanship on things like we re going another the cancer research and lower cancer
Actually does is save the government and seniors money by reducing the amount of money that the government has to pay to pharmaceutical companies for prescription drugs. that is pure savings, is the not a benefit cut. i spoke to experts about this this week, a vanderbilt university professor said that framing this as a cut to benefits is, quote, nonsense, again, she is a vanderbilt professor. another expert at the kaiser family foundation told me that the congressional budget office said that prescription drug provisions in the law will reduce the federal deficit by $237 billion. this is savings to the federal government and medicare from lowering what medicare pays for prescription drugs. this is not the same thing as a $237 billion cut to medicare. so debunked last year and again this year. these are important policy debates, they are real debates. it would be nice to have them without outright lies, but that s where we are. daniel dale, thanks so much. also politics. good luck. coming up next, millions are
After medicare and social security and they will they are convinced they will be able to paint the republicans as outrageous and use that talking point against the republicans. second thing is dagen. why does this food fight matter to my mom in denver? why should she care about this story? older americans should care about both parties stepping up. let s change the verb. it is not cutting medicare. it is fixing it for future generations. the hospital trust fund, if any of these people in d.c. bother to read the report. the trust fund for medicare runs out of money in five years. there is an automatic benefit cut by 10%. the tax revenue coming in will be able to cover $0.90 on the
Are becoming poor and also allies their taxes going to go by it national insurance.- their taxes going to go by it - national insurance.- yeah, national insurance. sonia? yeah, that is right- national insurance. sonia? yeah, that is right. i national insurance. sonia? yeah, that is right. i think national insurance. sonia? yeah, that is right. i think this. .. - national insurance. sonia? yeah, that is right. |thinkthis. |- that is right. i think this. i think that is right. i think this. i think obviously the pandemic has politically dominated all of our discourse over the last 18 months, as you discourse over the last 18 months, as you would expect, but if we are moving as you would expect, but if we are moving out as you would expect, but if we are moving out of it, out of the worst phase moving out of it, out of the worst phase of moving out of it, out of the worst phase of it. moving out of it, out of the worst phase of it, which i think we can all hope phase of it, which i think we can all hope that that s. we don t know that s what s going to happen yet, know that s what s going to happen yet. but know that s what s going to happen yet, but nothing we can hope that that s yet, but nothing we can hope that that s what s going to happen, then ithink that s what s going to happen, then i think it that s what s going to happen, then i think it is that s what s going to happen, then i think it is going to be the cost of living i think it is going to be the cost of living that dominates over the next of living that dominates over the next two of living that dominates over the next two to three years and the sort of really next two to three years and the sort of really grim news for families, particularly low paid parents, of really grim news for families, particularly low paid parents, we ve particularly low paid parents, we ve seen particularly low paid parents, we ve seen universal credit cut 1000 times a year. seen universal credit cut 1000 times a year, biggest everyone off benefit cut. a year, biggest everyone off benefit cut that a year, biggest everyone off benefit cut. that happened towards the end of last cut. that happened towards the end of last year. we have got energy bills coming up, as kieranjust said. bills coming up, as kieranjust said. we bills coming up, as kieranjust said, we have a tax rate is going to
Economy is not in recession at the moment. it is not going to feel like that for low income households. what that for low income households. what su - ort that for low income households. what su- ort is that for low income households. what support is there? that for low income households. what support is there? in that for low income households. what support is there? in the spring statement there was an announcement of £500 million for councils or household support fund from april to help vulnerable households with living costs. how much of difference will that make? that living costs. how much of difference will that make? will that make? that is very welcome- will that make? that is very welcome. the will that make? that is very welcome. the chancellor. will that make? that is very i welcome. the chancellor argued will that make? that is very - welcome. the chancellor argued that local authorities are in a good position to sport the household who need support most, and it is right that local authorities have that money to act as a final safety net to cope with households which are in crisis. we pointed out is this failure to keep benefits increase in line with inflation next year, that is a benefit cut of around £10 billion next year. the chancellor is spending £0.5 billion on the household support fund. this discretionary local scheme cannot be a substitute for the inability to
As your previous caller said. if we have got 4% inflation, how is that going to affect things? again, we have got a little bit more money for our early years, which is grossly underfunded and particular now much is in need, but again the government s on figures recognised that it government s on figures recognised thatitis government s on figures recognised that it is about £2 60 short there. and schools are about the whole school community. my school committee has probably got about 58% of people living in poverty, and so therefore the benefit cut is welcome, but it will not completely relieve that, fcm s budget that is fabolous news if it happens for children with special needs that need our support perhaps the most. but there s a lot of children in school that have moderate special
Nuclear processing plants and nuclear processing plants and nuclear energy might be the way to go but all of this reeks of last minute not thinking, and i m afraid we are entering a time where the focus very much should be on green, clean not least because of cut, but it s about having long term plans and looking at looking out for the future, so this might happen but none of them would be up and running until 2050, so it s a long time. it s a case of firefighting. nigel, it s a case of firefighting. nigel, i would like to get to the last paper, seeing as we only have four. the front page of the sunday people, and its marcus rashford axing the £25 benefit cut now. he and its marcus rashford axing the £25 benefit cut now. and its marcus rashford axing the £25 benefit cut now. he is “oining a chorus of £25 benefit cut now. he is “oining a ohous of row i £25 benefit cut now. he is “oining a chorus of tory and h £25 benefit cut now. he is “oining a chorus of tory and labour £25 benefit cut now. he is joining a chorus of tory and labour mps - £25 benefit cut now. he is joining a chorus of tory and labour mps and | £25 benefit cut now. he is joining a l chorus of tory and labour mps and a whole chorus of tory and labour mps and a whole load chorus of tory and labour mps and a whole load of other people saying the £20 whole load of other people saying the £20 uplift in universal credit