{"id":506880,"date":"2022-11-05T05:18:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-york-times-outrageous-scaremongering-about-fake-entitlement-cuts-we-need\/"},"modified":"2022-11-05T05:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T02:18:09","slug":"new-york-times-outrageous-scaremongering-about-fake-entitlement-cuts-we-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-york-times-outrageous-scaremongering-about-fake-entitlement-cuts-we-need\/","title":{"rendered":"#New York Times&#8217; outrageous scaremongering about (fake) entitlement cuts (we need)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fa9082b3c6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fa9082b3c6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-york-times-outrageous-scaremongering-about-fake-entitlement-cuts-we-need\/#%E2%80%9CNew_York_Times_outrageous_scaremongering_about_fake_entitlement_cuts_we_need%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;New York Times&#8217; outrageous scaremongering about (fake) entitlement cuts (we need)&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_York_Times_outrageous_scaremongering_about_fake_entitlement_cuts_we_need%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;New York Times&#8217; outrageous scaremongering about (fake) entitlement cuts (we need)&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Here are two snippets from<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/02\/us\/politics\/republicans-social-security-medicare.html\"> Wednesday\u2019s New York Times piece<\/a> contending that Republicans have \u201cembraced\u201d plans to cut <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Security and Medicare:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that Republicans are openly talking about cutting the programs has galvanized Democrats in the final weeks of the midterm campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill, the fact that key Republicans are openly broaching spending cuts to Social Security and Medicare . . . \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boy, it sounds like there\u2019s a ton of chatter in Washington about cutting entitlements. And it\u2019s about time we embraced reform. So, which brave \u201ckey Republicans\u201d are \u201copenly talking\u201d and \u201copenly broaching\u201d the idea of reforming Social Security and Medicare? We don\u2019t know, because the author, Jim Tankersley, doesn\u2019t offer a single quote from anyone in the GOP making that argument \u2014 not an elected official, not a candidate, not even some fringe backbencher spouting off.<\/p>\n<p>How can one of the most prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>papers in the country run a 1,500-word piece asserting that a major political party has been \u201ctalking\u201d about a highly controversial policy position and not substantiate the claim with a single quote? That would be the first question of any competent editor.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as much as I wish it existed, there is no plan or campaign or reform effort aimed at slashing or weaning us off entitlements. The entire ginned-up issue basically relies on a single line from Rick Scott\u2019s \u201cSave America\u201d agenda, which Mitch McConnell rejected as soon as it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared. (You\u2019ll find out about that in paragraph 13.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-534.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Biden speaks about Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drug costs in Florida on November 1. \" class=\"wp-image-24539288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-534.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-534.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-534.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Biden speaks about Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drug costs in Florida on November 1. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Evan Vucci\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In truth, Scott doesn\u2019t even target Social Security or Medicare reform specifically, but rather supports an audit and renewal of all federal programs every five years. (The Times incorrectly says \u201cevery year.\u201d) There is a strong case to be made that revisiting legislation every few years is far more \u201cdemocratic\u201d than compelling millions to live with antiquated economic ideas that were popularized during the Depression. But only a Republican, not Republicans, has embraced that idea.<\/p>\n<p>Not that any of it stops Tankersley from going on about how \u201cseveral influential Republicans have signaled a new willingness to push for Medicare and Social Security spending cuts.\u201d Several, huh? The hyperlink bolstering this assertion leads us to a more nuanced Bloomberg Government piece by Jack Fitzpatrick that details possible GOP efforts to use the debt ceiling as a negotiating tool to curb perpetual, massive auto-spending.<\/p>\n<p>As we learn in paragraph 23 of the Times story, \u201cDemocrats and Republicans largely agree Congress will need to ensure the solvency of the programs in the decade to come. Spending for the programs is projected to balloon in the coming decade as more baby boomers retire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the ideas the Republican Study Committee bring to the table is gradually raising the retirement age for some workers due to higher life expectancy (with increased benefits). And Bloomberg quotes Lloyd Smucker saying we may need future reductions of benefits for wealthy Americans to save the program from insolvency. President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cplan\u201d to raise payroll taxes on the rich to save the program is also in effect a reduction of benefits for the wealthy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-533.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mitch McConnell\" class=\"wp-image-24539286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-533.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-533.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-533.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The entire ginned-up issue basically relies on a single line from Rick Scott\u2019s \u201cSave America\u201d agenda, which Mitch McConnell rejected as soon as it appeared<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J. Scott Applewhite\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But, again, the Bloomberg piece does not feature a single person \u201ctalking\u201d or proposing slashing Social Security or Medicare programs.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever Democrats latch onto some new scaremongering effort \u2014 \u201csaving democracy\u201d or \u201cvoting rights,\u201d or whatever hysteria is being flouted \u2014 establishment media instantly take up the issue, often ham-fistedly backfilling the accusations with alleged reporting. Though the Times piece does not offer any Republicans \u201ctalking\u201d about cutting Social Security, it does give Biden, Barack Obama and other Democrats the space to go off on this imaginary threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been paying into Social Security your whole life. You earned it. Now these guys want to take it away,\u201d Biden is quoted saying during a visit to Hallandale Beach, Fla. \u201cWho in the hell do they think they are? Excuse my language.\u201d Obama, who never shies away from flogging a strawman to within inches of its life, says that American retirees \u201chad long hours and sore backs and bad knees to get that Social Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-532.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former President George W. Bush reacts after shoes were thrown at him during a press conference on December 14, 2008.\" class=\"wp-image-24539284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-532.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-532.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/times-scaremongering-532.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Not even George W. Bush, the last Republican to \u201copenly\u201d campaign on reforming the untenable entitlement infrastructure, has ever proposed taking a penny.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Thaier al-Sudani\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Obama \u2014 though, perhaps, not Biden \u2014 knows very well, there is no proposal from Republicans to take Social Security from those who\u2019ve paid in. Not even George W. Bush, the last Republican to \u201copenly\u201d campaign on reforming the untenable entitlement infrastructure, has ever proposed taking a penny from anyone who paid into it. That was always a lie.<\/p>\n<p>Even those reforms would only have allowed \u2014 not compelled \u2014 new participants to divert a portion of their tax dollars to private retirement accounts and opt out of an unsustainable, state-run Ponzi scheme that brought them back a paltry 1% return on their \u201cinvestment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, though, no one is going to reform entitlements. As 2022 proves, it\u2019s a politically toxic issue that can be easily demagogued.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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