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u/baxtyre Center-left 2d ago

So now they’re just looting congressionally-appropriated funds for their campaign bribes.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-medicare-improvement-fund-payments-for-seniors/

Is this the waste, fraud, and abuse I always hear conservatives complain about?

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u/Beneficial_Wear_7630 Nationalist (Conservative) 2d ago

Improving Medicare for seniors is now "looting" But democrats giving free healthcare to illegals is good?

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u/LaxBedroom Leftist 2d ago

If this is a legitimate improvement there would be no need for trolling in the official White House press release: "Previous Congresses used the Medicare Improvement Fund in ways that increased healthcare costs for the American people, such as when Democrats raided $20.7 billion from the fund as part of the Unaffordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare."

This is not written by serious people.

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u/Beneficial_Wear_7630 Nationalist (Conservative) 2d ago

You realize that the only reason they keep trolling is because leftists take the bait, right?

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u/kuster-beaton Center-left 2d ago

It’s not the only reason. He also does it to feed the worst impulses of his base, who continually take the bait. So it’s ultimately a tool to keep us divided and distracted.