$191 Billion in Improper Payments – By Yuval Rosenberg and Michael Rainey (The Fiscal Times) / Feb 8, 2023
Happy Wednesday! Who predicted that Social Security and Medicare would dominate the post-State of the Union discussion? Here’s a look at the fallout from Biden’s big speech.
Biden and GOP Clash Over Social Security and Medicare
Rabble-rousing Republicans keep giving President Joe Biden wins.
In a particularly tumultuous moment in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Biden accused a handful of Republicans of planning to wipe out some of the nation’s bedrock social welfare programs, Social Security and Medicare.
Republicans in the chamber responded with a round of jeers and catcalls in protest, with one lawmaker — the flamboyantly dressed bomb thrower from Georgia, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — shouting, “Liar!”
