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Rick Scott finally edited his 'Rescue' plan to protect Social Security. President Biden has thoughts [1]

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Date: 2023-02-17  

Give 'em hell, Dark Brandon

Sen. Rick Scott has finally folded, and President Joe Biden didn’t hesitate to savor the victory.

Last February, the Florida senator unveiled his evil little 11-point “Rescue America” plan. Point Five promised ”No government assistance unless you are disabled or aggressively seeking work,” and that “All Americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount.” But it was Point Six in the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chair’s dystopian plan that really raised eyebrows: “All federal legislation sunsets in 5 years.” Those six words (and a number) suddenly put Social Security and Medicare, among other key legislation, in more peril at the hands of Republicans than usual.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell couldn’t separate himself from the plan fast enough, saying in March that “We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people, and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years."

The battle has raged on between Scott and McConnell, and Republicans and Democrats, ever since. But it peaked in a particularly skillful moment during Biden’s Feb. 7 State of the Union address, when the president tricked Republicans in both chambers into standing up and applauding his off-script question: “So folks, as we all apparently agree, Social Security and Medicare is off the books, right?”

Scott wasn’t above taking feedback. After all, it’s a 12-point plan now, because Scott realized “Cutting Taxes” polls better than his original plan to raise taxes, and added it later. But on Friday, Scott finally did what he would not do for nearly a year: He edited his “Rescue America” plan to explicitly say Social Security and Medicare were not included in his little “sunset every five years” bullet point. And the Biden administration didn’t hesitate to get a jab in at him.

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