Re: President Donald Trump
A follow up to my post #893.
Why would anybody vote against their own self interest ? I don't know, but I have asked that of people that vote against unionization. It's the same principle. Vote for less money, crappy healthcare, if any at all, or the possibility of gutting Social Security.
The assault on Social Security is under way
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...way-2020-08-28
A follow up to my post #893.
Why would anybody vote against their own self interest ? I don't know, but I have asked that of people that vote against unionization. It's the same principle. Vote for less money, crappy healthcare, if any at all, or the possibility of gutting Social Security.
The assault on Social Security is under way
Senators are seriously considering trying to arrange for the cutting — or gutting — of Social Security under cover of the coronavirus pandemic. This is an attack on multiple fronts. It includes proposals to suspend, or even eliminate, the payroll tax on which Social Security depends, and arranging a secret — yes, indeed — conference on Capitol Hill to find ways to “save” Social Security. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants this secret conference to be a condition of agreeing any further economic rescue package. He’s already on record calling for Social Security benefits to be, er, “adjusted.” Suspending the payroll tax as a “crisis” measure won’t help people out of work. But it will apparently make it even more needed to cut benefits down the road.
This forthcoming election may decide the fate of Social Security. The president has vowed to eliminate the payroll tax if he’s re elected.
There is no Social Security “crisis.” It is completely made up. There is no financial “crisis.” There is no economic “crisis.” The only Social Security “crisis” is the crisis of people believing there is a Social Security crisis.
If anyone guts the program, or slashes benefits, they are doing so through choice, not necessity. And they are choosing to slash an absolutely vital program that keeps millions out of poverty and has functioned successfully for 80 years.
If anyone guts the program, or slashes benefits, they are doing so through choice, not necessity. And they are choosing to slash an absolutely vital program that keeps millions out of poverty and has functioned successfully for 80 years.
The first is that the average Social Security benefit is just $1,514 a month. It’s chicken feed. On this, people have to live out their golden years. Cutting this by 21% would mean slashing it to $1,200 a month. That’s the average.
Imagine the humanitarian crisis in this country if that happens.
Imagine the humanitarian crisis in this country if that happens.
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