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Nothing will happen to SS, Medicare, or Roe v Wade. Stop with the nonsense. Jeez.
The donors dont need any of those things. Donors set policy so they'll get their way eventually. With the new corporate SCOTUS justices, donors will get even more power in the coming years to buy legislation. How much money do you have? You have to choose whether to save up a few millions for health care and retirement funds in old age, or use those millions to influence your representative. Thats how our democracy will work in the coming years.
Last edited by CaseyB; 09-19-2018 at 04:20 AM..
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Kudlow, Rubio, Jordan, Ryan they all say it. They want to kill the programs. Even Trumps budget/CFPB head has said all along they will kill SS and Medicare now that the tax cut has passed. They did it here in NC. Cut the hell out of everything, increase every tax and fee in the state. After it was all said and done the top 1% made out and everyone else pays more.
Quotes, sources, anything?
Also quit with the Paul Ryan this and Paul Ryan that. He is a lame duck.
Am no huge fan of Obama, but the man was right, as are many others who state the obvious; times have changed and the entitlement schemes need updating to reflect.
Nearly every other western nation (mostly in Europe) have made changes/updates to their social security schemes. Taking into account things such as increased longevity, changes in marriage (introduction of same sex, high divorce rates, etc....), changing roles of women and so forth.
Large among those changes are dealing with fact workforces are shrinking; that is fewer younger people are working to pay into SS funds that provide for those who are retired.
Some of this is due to natural aging populations along with decreased birthrates. But there is also the vast changes in labour market; things such as productivity gains thanks to technology meaning companies need fewer workers.
United States social security scheme is still largely based on a 1940's or 1950's family and employment models that no longer exist. SS also fails to deal with that unlike previous years when someone retired at 65 and was dead by 70, many are living well into their 80's or even 90's. In short you have retirees drawing SS benefits for 30 or more years; which in some cases equals or exceeds length of their active working careers.
Any non-corrupt politician would advocate for massively increasing minimum benefits for the elderly and the disabled, not cut it. We are the richest country in the world and the disabled get $600-700 a month if they're lucky and the elderly get $1000 a year even after having worked 40 years? The cap should be immediately scrapped and taxes increased so the elderly and disabled can live in dignity. The current levels are absurd.
The old line and scare tactics by the Democrats. Vote for us or those mean old Republicans are going to kill all the puppies too!
Why not kill puppies? They are on your list after Mexicans, gays, Muslims , blacks, women who abort, scientists, and liberals (which they will keep around for fun).
But his plan lives on in the next generation of Republicans.
Vote them out.
I agree that most of the current members of congress stink. But replacing them with establishment Demcrats or out and out communists does not improve the situation.
Why not kill puppies? They are on your list after Mexicans, gays, Muslims , blacks, women who abort, scientists, and liberals (which they will keep around for fun).
I agree that most of the current members of congress stink. But replacing them with establishment Demcrats or out and out communists does not improve the situation.
So that's the alternatives? Its either corrupt Wall Street crooks who are bribed or "out and out communists"? Wow, what choices we have! Funny how anyone not supported by Wall Street gets that communist label. Funny how that works. Who owns the mainstream media? Is it Jeff Bezos, Time Warner, Comcast and a handful of other mega corporations? Who do they serve? Is it Wall Street? Yes it is.
So that's the alternatives? Its either corrupt Wall Street crooks who are bribed or "out and out communists"? Wow, what choices we have! Funny how anyone not supported by Wall Street gets that communist label. Funny how that works. Who owns the mainstream media? Is it Jeff Bezos, Time Warner, Comcast and a handful of other mega corporations? Who do they serve? Is it Wall Street? Yes it is.
No and I never said it was. Read up thread. Jams14 said vote straight Democratic ticket. That's who I was responding to.
Typical reply from you where you twist everything. Surprised you didn't mention the disabled.
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