• Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Soon there will be a critical mass of people who have nothing left to lose. Thats why the Republicans put a paramilitary army on the streets, and it’s also why the Democrats won’t stop them. They work for the same people.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    If social security gets fucked by the time I need to start using it, I’m just going to go around lighting shit on fire. And I’m not exaggerating.

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      11 hours ago

      I cannot believe how many boomers I heard express doubt as to whether they’d ever collect it, since they thought it was going to be Greatest Generation/Silent Generation taking it all.

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    16 hours ago

    Social Security would be the easiest thing to fix, and honestly, it’d be hugely popular, too.

    That is, it will be hugely popular with everyone but the Epstein class and those that do their bidding.

    Just raise the cap.

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      12 hours ago

      Social Security would be the easiest thing to fix, and honestly, it’d be hugely popular, too.

      Just raise the cap.

      I would be “negatively” affected with the raising of the cap. I still support raising the cap.

      I’d also like what Al Gore wanted to do in the year 2000, a “social security lock box”. Stop letting Congress spend the annual contribution surpluses on non-social security spending.

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    1 day ago

    Fat-cat social security recipients won’t be leeching off our hard-working millionaires and billionaires for much longer. Think of all the tax breaks we’ll be able to afford to give to the wealthy with that kind of money!

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      We’ll just end the program and people will no longer have to contribute! Honestly the number of fuckwits who would be excited about this is the sad part. Then they’ll cry the leopards are their face when they are being forced into amazon labor camps at 83. Stupid people can’t keep nice things. They never understood their value and didn’t have to sacrifice for them. So the lesson will have to be learned again.

  • Golden@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    So they want to put all of our SSA money into the stock market and hope that it generates enough profit to cover the declining workforce… I’m sure that 401Ks, social security, and banking IRAs all being dependent on the same stock market not failing isn’t a terrible idea.