This guy thinks he has a shot at being President.
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday called for the next Congress to pass a bipartisan deal to secure long-term funding for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as the three major entitlement programs battle with significant funding issues.
"You're going to get your financial house in order. We cannot live with this crippling debt," Manchin said, according to The Hill. "If we don't look at the trust funds that are going bankrupt, whether they be Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, highway, all the ones — there are tremendous problems right now."...
Kinda sorta.
Ticker pointed out that Social Security is 'fixable' very easily by lifting the cap on the tax and perhaps increasing said tax by 1/10 of a percent.
Medicare--according to Ticker--is a far bigger problem, but again, 'fixable.'
Manchin suddenly wants Responsible Government, just like he wanted Energy Security.
He's right--but only because he's an opportunist, not an honest man.
I suppose it is better to be right for the wrong reason than never right at all (as is more usual among our politicians).
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ReplyDeleteExcept last time he was right, he decided to be wrong. Methinks the presser is more important to this clown.