Opinion by Paul Waldman: Sorry, Republicans, no one should trust your word on Social Security
of prodding private Americans toward privatized Social Security accounts, which Pence described as replacing “the New Deal with a better deal.”the idea of cuts to Social Security and Medicare as they look for ways to slash government spending.
Republicans will ask that we put aside their historical opposition and ideological hostility toward these programs, and focus instead on what they’re saying now. The last part isn’t an unfair demand; once they figure out what they actually want to do, their proposal should be taken seriously. The trouble is, Republicans haven’t earned a whole lot of trust when it comes to programs that were created by Democrats, and that have been sustained and defended by Democrats in the face of decades of Republican attacks. It’s hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. But if they keep working at it, maybe one day we’ll be able to believe they love the safety net as much as they claim they do.
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