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The Republicans want to destroy social security

Digby:

The main question that needs to be asked and answered is why and I think it’s clear that they have sown the seed of “crisis” for many years simply because they want to destroy social security. And the good news for us is that that meme has been in the body politic for far longer than the social security “crisis,” (which is why they were forced to dress this thing up as reform in the first place.)

They want to destroy social security. They voted against it in 1935 and they have been trying to figure out a way to get rid of it ever since. The Republicans do not believe that we should have a safety net for old people. They never have.