Yeah, Buttigieg Will Probably Come For Social Security and Medicaid.

What his recent concern trolling comments about deficit and debt really mean.

Photo via Pete Buttigieg on Instagram

Former Mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg has experienced a surge after his performance in Iowa, and with Joe Biden’s dismal performance it looks as though the conservative Democrats and the corporate elites may be turning to Pete as the one to prevent Bernie Sanders from taking the Democratic nomination.

Naturally, Pete is getting a closer look from Wall Street Democratic financiers. As someone who has already emerged as a favorite among no less than thirteen exclusive billionaire donors and forty overall, it’s no surprise that his delegate tie with Bernie Sanders has certainly shown them he is a viable candidate.

As we emerge from the aftermath of the disaster that was the Iowa caucus, it’s clear that Buttigieg is doing everything he can to assure these big money donors that he’s their guy.

According to NBC News:

“Pete Buttigieg called on Democrats to get more serious about lowering the national debt, portraying himself as the biggest fiscal hawk in the presidential field and taking a shot at chief New Hampshire rival Bernie Sanders for being too spendthrift. Asked at a town hall here how important the deficit is to him, Buttigieg said it’s “important” and vowed to focus on limiting the debt even though it’s ‘not fashionable in progressive circles.’ ‘I think the time has come for my party to get a lot more comfortable owning this issue, because I see what’s happening under this president — a $1 trillion deficit — and his allies in Congress do not care. So we have to do something about it,’ Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said in a packed middle school gym, drawing cheers.”

Let’s talk about what this actually means.

His comments were not really about the Trump administration’s spending habits. The concern trolling over the debt and the deficit mentioned nothing about Trump’s tax cuts for the rich or his bloated military budget, and that should be a warning sign to us about how he actually plans to address how the government spends it’s money. Buttigieg’s comments were a not-so-subtle message to the ruling class that he’s willing to put programs like social security and Medicaid on the table so that their tax cuts will be safe. The implications that he would be willing to cut some of the most popular government programs in American history that we pay in to our entire working lives should tell us everything we need to know about this underhanded, slimy politician masquerading as an outsider.

Considering how far to the right he has already moved throughout the course of this election, there’s no doubt in my mind that Buttigieg would probably openly admit this by the time the general election rolled around if he were to secure the nomination.

In my lifetime, I have never seen such a manipulative, sociopathic, underhanded Democratic candidate. Not only would Buttigieg lose in a landslide to Donald Trump, I would argue that after pulling dirty little tricks like these, he would deserve to. If he is willing to sacrifice programs that Americans depend on all in the name of his own power, then I hope he never, ever holds public office again.

I may disagree with Amy Klobuchar, but at least she is honest. She is forthcoming with her centrist positions, and even she doesn’t go this far.

The only way to stop disgusting, self interested, power hungry cheats like Pete Buttigieg from continuing to tighten their grip on the Democratic Party is to stop them before they get a chance to. When a candidate tells you who they are, believe them. Every day, Buttigieg reveals to us who he is, and it gets uglier the more we learn. His comments show how hungry he is for the money that the powerful special interests are willing to offer, and he’s willing to screw over the American people and leave us with another four years of Trump in order to get it.