Senator Brian Schatz

So that's what they're going to do is they're going to increase the debt, not the deficit by about double. They're going to cut taxes for trillionaires and they still need to find more More savings in order to enact all of that stuff. And they're looking very, very hard at Medicaid cuts.

So that's what they're going to do is they're going to increase the debt, not the deficit by about double. They're going to cut taxes for trillionaires and they still need to find more More savings in order to enact all of that stuff. And they're looking very, very hard at Medicaid cuts.

So that's what they're going to do is they're going to increase the debt, not the deficit by about double. They're going to cut taxes for trillionaires and they still need to find more More savings in order to enact all of that stuff. And they're looking very, very hard at Medicaid cuts.

And so this is an opportunity for Democrats to be clear from, you know, John Fetterman to Bernie Sanders and everyone in between. We all agree. that cutting Medicaid and using that savings to kind of shovel it to the wealthiest billionaire corporations that have ever existed on the planet is a very bad idea politically and policy-wise. So we're going to fight like hell this week.

And so this is an opportunity for Democrats to be clear from, you know, John Fetterman to Bernie Sanders and everyone in between. We all agree. that cutting Medicaid and using that savings to kind of shovel it to the wealthiest billionaire corporations that have ever existed on the planet is a very bad idea politically and policy-wise. So we're going to fight like hell this week.

And so this is an opportunity for Democrats to be clear from, you know, John Fetterman to Bernie Sanders and everyone in between. We all agree. that cutting Medicaid and using that savings to kind of shovel it to the wealthiest billionaire corporations that have ever existed on the planet is a very bad idea politically and policy-wise. So we're going to fight like hell this week.

The problem is this is like step two in a three-step process. So the Republicans are going to claim, hey, this is just a framework, the cuts are not in there, blah, blah, blah. And what we have to do is say, yeah, yeah, yeah, That's all bullshit. We all know where this is landing.

The problem is this is like step two in a three-step process. So the Republicans are going to claim, hey, this is just a framework, the cuts are not in there, blah, blah, blah. And what we have to do is say, yeah, yeah, yeah, That's all bullshit. We all know where this is landing.

The problem is this is like step two in a three-step process. So the Republicans are going to claim, hey, this is just a framework, the cuts are not in there, blah, blah, blah. And what we have to do is say, yeah, yeah, yeah, That's all bullshit. We all know where this is landing.

You want the tariff revenue, which is another way of saying money regular people pay when they go to the grocery store or the Home Depot or the Best Buy or to the car dealership. Extra money that they pay gets counted as revenue, and that revenue is going to be the reason that they claim that their tax cuts for the wealthy are so-called deficit neutral.

You want the tariff revenue, which is another way of saying money regular people pay when they go to the grocery store or the Home Depot or the Best Buy or to the car dealership. Extra money that they pay gets counted as revenue, and that revenue is going to be the reason that they claim that their tax cuts for the wealthy are so-called deficit neutral.

You want the tariff revenue, which is another way of saying money regular people pay when they go to the grocery store or the Home Depot or the Best Buy or to the car dealership. Extra money that they pay gets counted as revenue, and that revenue is going to be the reason that they claim that their tax cuts for the wealthy are so-called deficit neutral.

And I think it's a really important point to make because it's one of those things where Democrats are – everyone is prone to rhetorical excess. And so you would forgive a regular listener for thinking, well, that's probably not exactly what they're doing. They're not actually going to take the money that I pay –

And I think it's a really important point to make because it's one of those things where Democrats are – everyone is prone to rhetorical excess. And so you would forgive a regular listener for thinking, well, that's probably not exactly what they're doing. They're not actually going to take the money that I pay –

And I think it's a really important point to make because it's one of those things where Democrats are – everyone is prone to rhetorical excess. And so you would forgive a regular listener for thinking, well, that's probably not exactly what they're doing. They're not actually going to take the money that I pay –

When I have to pay more for an avocado or a bottle of tequila or a flat screen TV, they're not actually going to give it to the wealthy, are they? And they literally are. That's their budget plan. And I think if we can't make hay of that, that we should probably dissolve the party and reconstitute ourselves someplace else.

When I have to pay more for an avocado or a bottle of tequila or a flat screen TV, they're not actually going to give it to the wealthy, are they? And they literally are. That's their budget plan. And I think if we can't make hay of that, that we should probably dissolve the party and reconstitute ourselves someplace else.

When I have to pay more for an avocado or a bottle of tequila or a flat screen TV, they're not actually going to give it to the wealthy, are they? And they literally are. That's their budget plan. And I think if we can't make hay of that, that we should probably dissolve the party and reconstitute ourselves someplace else.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm excited to be a part of this. You know, when I ran for my first election in the United States Senate, I made Social Security my signature issue. And it's, you know, for two reasons. First, 300,000 people in Hawaii depend on Social Security. And the vast majority of those people, it's either their only source of income or their primary source of income.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm excited to be a part of this. You know, when I ran for my first election in the United States Senate, I made Social Security my signature issue. And it's, you know, for two reasons. First, 300,000 people in Hawaii depend on Social Security. And the vast majority of those people, it's either their only source of income or their primary source of income.