Ron Johnson Wants Social Security to Be Discretionary

Ron Johnson has a new proposal for killing Social Security and Medicare

Republicans will never, ever stop trying to cut people's Social Security. They're also never going to stop saying so, at every apparent opportunity. Sen. Ron Johnson is no stranger to saying so, and is also no stranger to making every bad situation...

Sen. Ron Johnson Suggests Annual Review of Medicare, Social Security Spending for Better Oversight

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday suggested that Social Security and Medicare should no longer be classified as federal entitlement programs and instead the funds should be approved by Congress on a yearly basis in an effort to curb debt.

Sen. Ron Johnson calls for subjecting Medicare and Social Security to annual budget talks

Sen. Ron Johnson suggested he seeks to turn everything in the federal budget into discretionary spending, including Social Security and Medicare.

Ron Johnson sparks new problem with Medicare, Social Security rhetoric

Right now, Americans' Social Security and Medicare benefits are guaranteed and automatic. Sen. Ron Johnson apparently has a problem with that.

Ron Johnson suggests Medicare, Social Security be approved on annual basis

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Wednesday that Social Security and Medicare should be up for congressional approval each year, instead of staying under their current status as federal entitlement pr…

'Self-serving multimillionaire': GOP's Ron Johnson slammed over push to dismantle Social Security and Medicare

Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes slammed Sen. Ron Johnson as a "self-serving, multimillionaire" on Tuesday after the sitting Republican from Wisconsin called for making both Social Security and Medicare discretionary programs—a reform that would pave the way for the GOP to realize its half-century-long dream of dismantling two of the nation's most essential and popular social programs.Speaking on a right-wing radio show earlier in the day, J…