• @ShittyBeatlesFCPres
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    1612 hours ago

    I hate how the media treats the social security trust fund as some sort of autonomous entity that can go broke. It’s a government program. If what comes out of our paychecks doesn’t fully fund it, allocate money from the general fund or just get rid of the cap so high income people pay the same rate as everybody else. It might be the easiest problem to solve that we’re avoiding solving.

    • aramis87
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      1211 hours ago

      The trust fund is going broke because Congress looted it to pay other programs, and now doesn’t want to pay the money back.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 hours ago

        They robbed us while giving tax cuts to the rich and wealthy. Then they gave billions of dollars of contracts to them.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      12 hours ago

      And it will clearly be solved, but probably not until the last possible minute like always. None of the parties can afford to lose voters on social security.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 hours ago

      The cap is insane, had no idea about it until I was fortunate enough to hit it and I had to ask HR if there was an error. It’s a blatant giveaway to high earners

      • @[email protected]
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        13 hours ago

        It is completely insane and regressive. Poor people who need the money to live should be spared the tax, and rich people who aren’t going to miss it should pay.

    • @NineMileTower
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      211 hours ago

      They need a fire burning to point at and say that it’s coming for you.

  • @mipadaitu
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    712 hours ago

    Name a single good thing and Trump will make it worse.

    His supporters are the ones who will most be hurt by his policies.

  • chingadera
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    311 hours ago

    By having the Midas Shit Touch?