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Old 10-30-2018, 08:46 PM
 
Location: Proxima Centauri
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After the tax cut was passed earlier this year, Rubio let it slip "now they are going to go after Social Security".

The Speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader have both indicated that they will be willing to make changes to SS. They are both Republicans. These changes can't be good for us.

The largest of the Republican backers, the Koch brothers would like to see SS and Medicare scraped.

Many of you Republicans are resigned to accept a dismal fate for Social Security, because your chief media source has been telling you that SS will be broke in years to come. You are young now, and can't imagine a day that you won't be able to get up early in the morning and go to work. But it will happen. Think about that. You are going to need Social Security.

Your news sources want to tell you about mom, apple pie, the flag, and Christianity, but why does so much of what you hear on your news sources have to do with money? Next week you will have a chance to vote. It's time to do to those lying Republican politicians what industrialists have been doing to us since we were fifty, retire them.
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Old 10-30-2018, 08:51 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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No politician wanting to get re-elected would ever "go after social security." If you hate Republicans, you should want them to try that.
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Old 10-30-2018, 08:52 PM
 
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I'm putting on my brass knuckles right now...Gramps is going DOWN.
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Old 10-30-2018, 08:55 PM
 
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Don't you Republican hating liberals ever get tired of the same old fear mongering threads? They don't work.
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Old 10-30-2018, 09:11 PM
 
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After the tax cut was passed earlier this year, Rubio let it slip "now they are going to go after Social Security".

The Speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader have both indicated that they will be willing to make changes to SS. They are both Republicans. These changes can't be good for us.

The largest of the Republican backers, the Koch brothers would like to see SS and Medicare scraped.

Many of you Republicans are resigned to accept a dismal fate for Social Security, because your chief media source has been telling you that SS will be broke in years to come. You are young now, and can't imagine a day that you won't be able to get up early in the morning and go to work. But it will happen. Think about that. You are going to need Social Security.

Your news sources want to tell you about mom, apple pie, the flag, and Christianity, but why does so much of what you hear on your news sources have to do with money? Next week you will have a chance to vote. It's time to do to those lying Republican politicians what industrialists have been doing to us since we were fifty, retire them.
I don’t pay into SS so shut that Ponzi scheme down.
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Old 10-30-2018, 09:28 PM
 
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Pre-midterm scare tactics.

Politics 101.

Some folks just have no shame trying to scare some 80+ year old with impaired mental function extremely reliant on Soc. Sec.

Scumbaggery in action.
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Old 10-30-2018, 10:04 PM
 
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Pre-midterm scare tactics.

Politics 101.

Some folks just have no shame trying to scare some 80+ year old with impaired mental function extremely reliant on Soc. Sec.

Scumbaggery in action.
Sorry but this has come out of Ryan’s own mouth.
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Old 10-30-2018, 10:21 PM
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Location: MA/NH
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No. Social Security is a broken pyramid scheme only able to succeed if the US workforce population is constantly increasing... but that is an unsustainable premise.

We also need to do something about the high cost of educating our grade school children and stop educating the children of illegals too. If my property taxes weren't so high (due to the high costs of public education), then I could actually save for my retirement and not need monthly SS checks.
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Old 10-30-2018, 10:24 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Nope, don't care about it. Would opt out of it if I could.
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Old 10-31-2018, 06:07 AM
 
Location: Proxima Centauri
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Social Security is one of the most successful government programs in history.

Fear mongering my ass. The billionaires who bankroll the republican party demand the weakening of anything that gave the public a break during the Depression.
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