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gab13by13

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2. Magats just tabled a bill that would increase Social Security benefits
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 08:09 AM
Nov 9

for a small group of people.

Here is my take, just a guess. Magats are waiting for when they control Congress and then anyone who gets a pension; military, teachers, from employers, is going to have their Social Security benefits reduced. I will be affected since I get a pension, I am 77 and have savings to make it through the rest of my life, but others won't be so lucky. Maybe my company will abolish my pension, who knows, that can happen when Magats deregulate.

I guarantee they are coming after SS. They could be waiting to do what shrub tried to do, privatize it. Put the trust fund in the stock market and when the economy crashes so does the money for Social Security and Magats will have indirectly gotten rid of SS.

My daughter is 49 years old and for the past 10 years she has been planning that she will not get SS. She has her college fund for her son ready to go. She has no debt except for her mortgage and she is the CFO for a small company and she sees what is coming.

We have an evil, mentally ill piece of shit who isn't going to get any saner, buckle up, try not to go into debt.

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Heather Cox Richardson has been one of the people keeping me sane. She is a treasure. chia Nov 9 #1
Might I note that almost, maybe all of these people can be seen on the dreaded MSM. LAS14 Nov 9 #23
Magats just tabled a bill that would increase Social Security benefits gab13by13 Nov 9 #2
Yup, they voted against their own interests Joinfortmill Nov 9 #4
I don't know why people don't understand this. Republicans have been against Social Security from the beginning. Walleye Nov 9 #31
Their hatred and supremacy is more important than economic prosperity. Irish_Dem Nov 9 #3
Here's the facts Pototan Nov 9 #5
One more paragraph Maeve Nov 9 #6
Yes, but how do we fight ignorance? I'm not sure but see my post #23. nt LAS14 Nov 9 #24
MSM hasn't been up to the job Maeve Nov 9 #32
Unfortunately, kids no longer get their news from MSM. That's one reason it hasn't done its job. nt LAS14 Nov 9 #33
Not just kids. Not sure what 21st century needs Maeve Nov 9 #34
K&R ck4829 Nov 9 #7
Not regulating the internet and social media has been our downfall dlk Nov 9 #8
How do you regulate the internet and social media Elessar Zappa Nov 9 #12
The First Amendment does not protect all speech in all circumstances dlk Nov 9 #16
We quit pretending the Constitution is set in stone rather than a fluid document travelingthrulife Nov 9 #19
I don't think even liberal judges Elessar Zappa Nov 9 #21
That's why we need to focus on educating our children about how... LAS14 Nov 9 #25
If the country were not diverse .. Dem4life1234 Nov 9 #9
Simple economic fact. Cost structures drive pricing. paleotn Nov 9 #10
It's also the real reason for the contraception obsession on the right . . . hatrack Nov 9 #18
Boils down to bigotry. travelingthrulife Nov 9 #20
But that would mean angry MAGAts . . . hatrack Nov 9 #22
Absolutely, and many would love to come here. paleotn Nov 9 #35
Yes indeed Blue Full Moon Nov 9 #11
This is exactly what I've been saying all along. The right wing media is democracy's biggest threat. Martin68 Nov 9 #13
K&R Solly Mack Nov 9 #14
That's why GOP likes to cut funding for education IronLionZion Nov 9 #15
That's how they got where they are at Blue Full Moon Nov 9 #17
Yup. ismnotwasm Nov 9 #26
Trump doesn't understand tariffs Beck23 Nov 9 #27
Yes, the South has never recovered from the Civil War. ananda Nov 9 #28
I left Tennessee Beck23 Nov 9 #30
Republicans know better about tariffs but they also knowingly supported the lie. Tadpole Raisin Nov 9 #29
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