Nobody is proposing cutting senior entitlements for beneficiaries. The funding for entitlements does not come from general revenues, largely paid for by the well-to-do, but payroll taxes. Currently payroll taxes are insufficient to fund beneficiaries & programs depend on reserves
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 1, 2023
Nobody is seriously embracing raising payroll taxes beyond the Dem socialist scheme, e.g., of removing income caps. What Republicans have proposed are program cost containment measures like deferrals intended to stretch reserves and defer the day of reckoning.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 1, 2023
Trump won with a statistically improbable streak of photo finishes in 2016 he couldn't hold as an incumbent in 2020, and he ran against the most unpopular Dem nominee in decades in a change election year and a deeply divided Dem base after a hard-fought close primary.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 1, 2023
OMG. I thought Trump discussing the size of his genitals in a GOP debate was the weirdest thing I've ever heard in politics, but Lindsey Graham talking crossdressing just raised the bar. However, I think Giuliani can match the bid. https://t.co/NMjJojswn6
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 2, 2023
How did the socially conservative GOP ever elect a POTUS who had cheated on his wife with a porn actress, a Congresswoman kicked out of a theater for public indecency, a crossdressing US Senator, and a congressman investigated for sex trafficking?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 2, 2023
This hypocrite didn't say a damn thing when the Fed had near-zero interest policies in 2020 during a global supply chain correction and Trump ran a huge deficit.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 2, 2023
Gaetz https://t.co/mJjkY7jtjm
I have mixed feelings over the vote to remove McCarthy as speaker. Gaetz is a Trumpkin piece of garbage. McCarthy held a razor-thin majority & made the option Gaetz used to win the vote. I am not happy with the House's record to date, but the reality is a Dem Senate & WH.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 3, 2023
Listening to a leftist partisan political whore like Congresswoman Jayapal on CNN delivering a rant on the GOP. There are reasons the Dems lost the House over the midterms. McCarthy held a razor-thin majority under divided government &risked his position to avoid a govt shutdown
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 3, 2023
Rubbish meme. Trump only had control of a weak GOP majority 2 yrs & got rolled by Dems for MORE spending on the latter debt ceiling raises
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 3, 2023
It is true the federal debt increased by $7.8T, but almost all of it was spending, especially during the pandemic https://t.co/KhoIxQTGMf https://t.co/w9jiQw3KQC
Not surprisingly McCarthy has pulled out of further consideration as a Speaker candidate. He simply can't get the votes; the precedent was already set & no doubt he would have had to dole out more favor to regain the malcontents. Not to mention the spending deal was only a ST fix
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 3, 2023
This idiotic leftist troll finds the stupidest memes on the Internet. The radical Trumpkin cult is a noisy but tiny niche of the GOP. The fact is the Trump election protest did not win GOP governor or legislative support, and post-protest ratification votes were not blocked. https://t.co/dwwvQsJh7h
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 4, 2023
A reminder a Speaker need not be a Congressman, I would love to see the GOP nominate Justin Amash.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 4, 2023
My Walmart still didn't have the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines, and my last booster was Sept. 2022; I saw a nearby Rite Aid through https://t.co/5lzjd7Ggsq had it in stock and was able to schedule an appointment today. I also got 3 other shots including my flu shot.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 4, 2023
"Andrew Yang"'s claim to fame is free government money for everyone, as if a morally hazardous government with inflationary policies can afford that with a $33T debt.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 4, 2023
Lesson learned for the myopic House Dems: use the crackpot GOP rebellion against Speaker McCarthy to settle past partisan scores. This is how you reward a leader who cooperated with you to keep the government open. All these idiots had to do was vote "present".
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 4, 2023
Not a chance in hell Trump could win 218 votes to become Speaker. It would be amusing. though, to hear him call up the Majority Whip and demand him to find 218 Republican votes which is all he needs to win the election. #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 5, 2023
This is Soft Rock America. Trumpkins dream of Speaker Trump. Could you think of giving Trump a gavel? https://t.co/twnVSGGBHD
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 5, 2023
Trump has been the worst Commander in Chief in my lifetime. It goes far beyond the contemptible, condescending & disrespectful treatment of McCain, Milley, and others who served our military for decades. Telling unvetted others national secrets to impress them is pathetic. https://t.co/ilK8wHv10K
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
Santa Claus is always very popular. Progressive proposals are no doubt well-intended but generally have unintended consequences. For example, employer mandates can impair job prospects. Medicare is just a few years from exhausting reserves. Price fixing can result in shortages, https://t.co/ej3aX4bmhZ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
Nope. Taking a COVID-19 vaccine shot as POTUS does not confer Presidential immunity. #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
Immigration is and always has been an integral part of America's identity. Trump once blamed Romney's self-deportation policy for his 2012 loss. Trump corruptly uses nativism to manipulate other economically illiterate right-wing populists. It's immoral and anti-American. https://t.co/AXCxPg8YfN
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
I'm sure that Dems are trying to hype job market numbers. But the unemployment rate is not the real jobless rate; it depends on whether the government considers you part of the labor force, ignoring long-term unemployed. LFPR remains -0.5% before pandemichttps://t.co/C4LZcrdgSI
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
Economic sanctions are corrupt, counterproductive, bad economic policy, mostly a virtue-signaling mechanism that harms the Venezuelan people. I have no unrealistic expectations of the inept socialist regime. https://t.co/87UVJX1ZGr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
I used to buy my suits at "Montgomery Ward". It was an odd acquisition by Mobil in the mid-70's, went private in the late 80's and ceased operations as a department store by 2000.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
What Dems don't point out is payroll taxes no longer cover senior entitlements, and reserves are being drained. Beneficiaries could see a cut of up to 30% if the system is not reformed. Republicans are looking to control costs by things like enrollment deferrals, not stipends.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 6, 2023
It's amusing to see the Dems fearmongering the GOP on social security. I suspect when the Dems are facing seniors losing benefits when reserves run dry, they'll agree to modest increases in payroll tax rates, a higher wage ceiling and some deferrals. But I'm not holding my breath
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 7, 2023
Just a reminder that BidInflation is exacerbated by perpetuation of the equally economic illiterate Trump's trade war tariffs, the cost of which is borne by us American consumers including the lower-income. https://t.co/Z3D9POhGlk
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 7, 2023
I will not file for social security as soon as I am fully vested, but even as a critic, I am not vested in any other pension system and it's important to my retirement planning. In contrast, at least 3 younger siblings are vested in other government or private pensions as well.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 7, 2023
How will we know? It's not like the government does anything useful.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 7, 2023
#WhenTheGovernmentShutsDown
This is Soft Rock America. The Johnson sons (Max and Jake) of former Super Bowl champ QB Brad Johnson have connected on touchdown passes for Texas A&M. It brings to mind some hits by Brothers Johnson:https://t.co/qKmMUoQEhK
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 7, 2023
My latest essay looks at the ouster of Speaker McCarthy.https://t.co/ZUAZuHKo42
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 7, 2023
Well, I got that one wrong: I thought Jade Cargill was going to confront Rhea Ripley as she attempted to intervene in the men's tag match at Fastlane.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 8, 2023
WWE continues to surprise me at Fastlane. I thought they might introduce Dragon Lee (yes, a Mexican luchador) as the missing member in the LWO 3-man match against Lashley's team. Nope: they used it to reintroduce the long-awaited Carlito.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 8, 2023
Funny! Yeah. even after Trump was promoting Pizza Hut with his first ex-wife for pocket change, like a true New Yorker, he and Sarah Palin were seen eating pizza in public with a fork and knife.https://t.co/HQq5IdOu5v https://t.co/vRmx81Qy3I
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 8, 2023
My thought and prayers for the victims and survivors of Hamas' unconscionable war crimes against the Israeli people.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 8, 2023
What the [expletive] is wrong with CPAC? Not only have they lost credibility by inviting RINOs like Trump but they are inviting anti-vaxxer crackpots like RFK Jr, who among other things wants to add home loan deadbeats at the expense of American taxpayers
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 8, 2023
This is a lunatic take by an ignorant leftist troll.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 8, 2023
Tuberville is simply using a Senate rule involving bundling military promotions. He's objecting to a Biden Administration policy liberalizing funded expenses for out of state military abortions. Not a Trump position. https://t.co/e6nwX8lS0v
American politicians should know better than into engaging in crackpot conspiracy theories. Hamas is responsible for its crimes against humanity. No more American neo-con interventions in the Middle East.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 8, 2023
"Tim Scott"
