If Republicans want to cut our earned benefits, the American people deserve for them to tell us that to our faces,
rather than weaseling around the job they were elected to do, and for which they earn a handsome salary.
This Monday, House Republicans held a hearing focused on creating a closed-door commission to cut Social Security and Medicare.
The hearing was for an audience of one: billionaire donor Harlan Crow.
That’s the same Harlan Crow who infamously treated Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to lavish vacations,
along with donating millions of dollars to Republican candidates and causes
Republicans wanted to keep the hearing quiet,
so they held it far from Washington DC.
This was a “field hearing,” held all the way in Dallas, Texas.
Specifically, it was held at Old Parkland,
a “business campus” owned by none other than Harlan Crow
Normally, when Congress holds a field hearing, they are seeking testimony from members of the general public.
But when I showed up with Texas seniors and people with disabilities,
they refused to let us in.
Medically vulnerable people were forced to wait outside in 100°F heat.
Republicans claimed that there were only three chairs available for members of the public.
That was a lie.
When I finally made it into the room, there was plenty of space.
And while there were
“no seats available” for seniors and people with disabilities,
guess who got one?
Harlan Crow.
I called out the hearing for what it was:
a farce designed to cut Social Security,
even though Social Security doesn’t add a single penny to the debt.
I reminded Republicans that the real driver of the debt is tax breaks for billionaires like Harlan Crow.
I was promptly escorted out by police
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/republicans-cut-social-security
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