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What they really are saying

STEWARD EPSTEIN

Rochester, N.Y.

I am writing to respond to the frequent claim made by Republicans that Democrats in the Congress and in the liberal part of the news media support “reckless spending” by the federal government on programs that help people.

I want the conservatives to tell the country which ones they want to cut and reduce spending on.

It certainly can’t be defense-military spending. So, which ones do they want to cut?

It has to be Social Security because the federal government spends 24 percent of all that it spends on Social Security alone. That’s what they want to cut.

Which other programs are the ones where they imagine there is much reckless spending? Medicare? Food stamps? College student loans? Unemployment insurance benefits?

Of course, they are not talking about doing something about how Medicare and Medicaid are defrauded of tens of billions of dollars by some in the health care-medical fields. They are notT talking about reducing spending on these programs by lowering the exorbitant costs of prescription drugs and medications.

Oh no, that would be taking away the precious “Constitutional right” to make obscene and immoral profits off people’s illnesses and resultant misery and suffering.

Their Constitutional right to total individual liberty and freedom to rip off and hurt the American people must be protected by the conservative Republicans.

Simply put, when they talk about cutting and reducing “reckless spending,” they are talking about wanting to cut Social Security retirement benefits of not only future retirees, but of current retirees, as well.

“Movement-Conservative” Paul Ryan warm-heartedly suggests a cut of 25 percent. When conservatives like Ryan talk about “saving” and “reforming” Social Security, other conservative Republicans know all too well that those are simply codewords that really mean cutting and then eventually abolishing-eliminating Social Security in its entirety.

So, this is what you are all talking about when you say that you stand for “compassionate conservatism.”

We are all touched. You are all heart.

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