Rep. Buddy Carter Supports Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

According to the Census, over 100,000 seniors who depend upon Social Security & Medicare live in Carter’s district 

Less than a week after Rep. Rich McCormick took fire for calling for “hundreds of billions of dollars” in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, fellow Georgia Republican Rep. Buddy Carter was asked if he would rule out cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare and he said, “No.” He added that cuts to the programs were “something, certainly, that [the GOP Budget Committee] is going to be looking at.”

“Buddy Carter’s plan to cut Social Security and Medicare is dangerous for Georgians,” said DPG spokesperson Alex Yerkey. “It’s clear the GOP is gearing up for an all-out assault on the programs that have kept our seniors healthy and financially secure for generations.”

Carter and McCormick are members of the Republican Study Committee that released a budget in March calling for $1.5 trillion in cuts to Social Security, raising the retirement age to 69, and cutting disability benefits.

While cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid has been a long-held Republican ambition, watchdogs are troubled by McCormick’s and Carter’s comments in the context of Trump ally Elon Musk having recently declared war on Social Security.

Carter and McCormick have so far been silent on nonpartisan economic analysis that found Donald Trump’s economic plans will add $7.75 trillion - and possibly as much as $15.55 trillion - to the national debt over the next decade.