House Republicans Send Election Year Gift to President Biden and Democrat Candidates: Their Proposal to Raise the Retirement Age for Social Security

The Republican Study Committee (RSC), which comprises nearly 80 percent of all House Republicans, called for an increase in the retirement age in its budget proposal released Wednesday.

Attack ads should already be in the can.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-largest-conservative-caucus-calls-215226784.html

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(yes, I know it needs to be updated to Speaker Mike Johnson)

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Bill1372 · 51-55, M

Lmao… how about a post about all the illegals coming across the border that Trump tried to secure and Biden immediately halted? What’s the annual cost of that? Oh, that’s right, Dems want them here so they can have them vote and keep them in office.

Look at the cities they are being dumped into? They are going to bankrupt the cities and they are committing crimes at an alarming rate. All for votes, I guess it’s ok.

independentone · M

@Bill1372 illegals don't vote.

Bill1372 · 51-55, M

@independentone not if the Dems can help it… They think it’s a problem to require ID to vote, wonder why?

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@Bill1372

I'm not opposed to photo ID. What I am opposed to is making it difficult or next to impossible for people to get one or for charging a fee (i.e. "tax") for a voter to get one. I consider that a "poll tax." And poll taxes, for those who haven't bothered to read the U.S. Constitution, are unconstitutional.

[quote]U.S. Constitution
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.[/quote]

Bill1372 · 51-55, M

@beckyromero having a legitimate government ID is not a poll tax. Any adult citizen of this country must have some form of ID, if they don’t they should be able to get a voter ID card free of charge. They issue them in my county but everyone should have to provide ID to vote. If you value a fair election you should want people to produce ID. Also, mail-in shouldn’t be out of convenience. There should be a legitimate need for mail-in. Mail in only encourages cheating. I’ve owned my house 15 years and last election I received a mail in ballot for the previous resident who moved out of state. That’s a problem.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@Bill1372 [quote]Any adult citizen of this country must have some form of ID[/quote]

There is no such law. It may be inconvenient not to have one but there is no legal requirement.

[quote] they should be able to get a voter ID card free of charge.[/quote]

Well, that much we agree on.

[quote] mail-in shouldn’t be out of convenience. There should be a legitimate need for mail-in. [/quote]

Not having to wait several hours in line to vote is a legitmate need.

Voter supression isn't just alive and well in the South but in large urban cities in Blue States as well where Republican state legislators and governors use the purse strings to deny proper funding to hold elections in the in-person form you prefer.

Bill1372 · 51-55, M

@beckyromero I work full time and have a ton of things I’m involved in. I manage to vote, in person every single year because it’s important to me. People have grown very lazy in this country and mail-in makes things way to easy to manipulate.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@Bill1372

Well, good for you. I work full time, as well, and there are lots of things I'm involved in. But being self-employed I'm lucky to have the freedom to take off time as I please and vote in person.

But not everyone is so lucky as us.

Nurses, doctors, fireman, police officers, dock workers. They may not have the luxury of voting before they go to work due to their schedule. Nor after. Their polling place may close by the time they get off and get home after perhaps a 60-90 minute commute. Ever hear of something called "traffic"? And, since the general election is in November, the weather sometimes comes into play, too.

Some people have kids and have to pick them up at school or day care.

I could go on, but I don't think you have a bleeping clue about how difficult it could be for some people to vote.

It has NOTHING to do with being "lazy."

Bill1372 · 51-55, M

@beckyromero depends on how important it is to a person. I did 7 years active duty and missed voting during that time on one occasion. I was on a set of orders that were cut last minute. If it’s important enough, people make time for it.
Most cops and firemen (I know many) have enough time to vote as do nurses and docs. Nurses often do work 12 hour shifts but again, if it’s important, you make time.
And yes, at times people are lazy or think, “my vote won’t matter”… I’ve heard that many times

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@Bill1372 [quote]Nurses often do work 12 hour shifts but again, if it’s important, you make time.[/quote]

Most polling places aren't open for more than 12 hours.

The people who think "my vote won't matter" aren't lazy. They are apathetic.

[quote]Most cops and firemen (I know many) have enough time to vote as do nurses and docs. [/quote]

Don't know what kind of firefighters you know but the vast majority of them either work 10 or 12 hours shifts or work round the clock followed by a day or two off. Police officers, like nurses, often put in long shifts.

It's your way of thinking that surpresses the vote.