Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) cast doubt over the Republican Party’s commitment to not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
The House passed its budget resolution this week, despite two Republicans voting against the legislation. It requires a $5 trillion increase in the federal debt ceiling but also $2 trillion in cuts. Pritzker said that this large windfall makes social programs a large target even though Speaker Mike Johnson these programs “will not take a hit.”
“The reality is that underneath that framework, they don’t want to mention what they are going after: $880 billion they have to find. They are only three places to find that much money all at once: Medicaid, Medicare, or Social Security,” Pritzker said on Fox Network’s Fox News Sunday. “We don’t know exactly what they will attack but I think
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