re: Marco Rubio: Republicans Will Cut Social Security and Medicare After Tax Plan Passes

Don’t get me wrong, he is right. Cutting spending and entitlements has been the obvious solution for a while now.

However, after what we’ve seen this year, and ESPECIALLY given that 2018 is an election year (one in which Pubs hope to gain senate seats and hold the house), there is almost zero chance that the Senate even sniffs entitlement reform

Every republican would be painted as heartless, racist, wealthy autocrats. And of course instead of rationally presenting their argument and sticking to principles, they would injure themselves trying to backpeddle on every issue of importance. Because republicans on The Hill are largely spineless.