If the federal government can’t make their June 2 payments Social Security recipients over the age of 88 will be the first to see their monthly retirement benefits end.
Echoing Sen Tim Scott, Kevin McCarthy promised, "We're going to successfully wrestle these entitlement programs to the ground."
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Tuesday added that he and his conservative colleagues “don't feel like we should negotiate with our hostage” on a debt-limit compromise.
Major nursing home chains including Life Care Centers of America have hurriedly prepared eviction proceedings for many residents in the event payments stop.
We've run out of other people's Social Security taxes needed to subsidize our low income tax rates.