The Republican Party, Now More Dangerous Than It's Ever Been-Social Security, Medicare: Robert Reich

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016341525

- Cross- Post from Editorials.

[Rebl2]

1. Even if

the house passes something, doesn’t it then go to the senate and they have to agree to the changes?

[GenXer47]

2. but they'll hold the world economy hostage

with the debt ceiling.
This will sink the US dollar and crash the world economy. Saudi Arabia may even end the petrodollar because of this.
We're in real trouble. The only way to be safe here is for enough Republicans to join an effort to impeach and remove the rebel caucus.

[Auggie]

3. Their districts could pressure them them too ...

providing constituents are smart enough to realize the threat to their social security and medicare is real.

I'd love to see the Lincoln Project mount a campaign. Doesn't have to be nationwide, just targeted to those districts.