McConnell Supports Slashing Medicare and Social Security — but Wants It Done in Darkness

Tim Libretti, PhD
5 min readFeb 15, 2023
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Mitch McConnell in recent days has sought to distance himself from the Republican Senator from Florida Rick Scott, whose plan to “Rescue America” involves “sunsetting” entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid every five years, meaning it would be at the discretion — indeed political whims — of Congress every five…

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Tim Libretti, PhD

Professor of Literature, Political Economy enthusiast, Dad, always thinking about the optimal world