By Nate Jackson, Patriot Post - So a senator put forward a controversial plan that “requires every program to be looked at freshly at least once every four years.”... That senator was Joe Biden and the year was 1975... It wasn’t just a one-off, either. Fast-forward to the 1990s and Biden did it again, clarifying, “I meant Social Security, as well. I meant Medicare and Medicaid. I meant veterans’ benefits.”