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In reply to the discussion: "Monstrous": Trump is Considering Direct Payments in Exchange for Cuts to Social Security Benefits [View all]Person of Interest
(365 posts)43. This will be as "popular" as attempts to privatize Social Security.
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"Monstrous": Trump is Considering Direct Payments in Exchange for Cuts to Social Security Benefits [View all]
CousinIT
May 2020
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Of course he knows that this will not pass the House. But that's not the point.
totodeinhere
May 2020
#46
And Democrats will counterattack that he was trying to make a move on Social Security.
ancianita
May 2020
#53
I think one of the strengths of Social Security is that people can't borrow from their future
progree
May 2020
#10
The Conservative Crackpots these Ivy League schools are cranking out thanks to
bucolic_frolic
May 2020
#19
He must be removed from office IMMEDIATELY! Why isnt everyone clamoring for this?
Baclava
May 2020
#12
Force him to resign. During Watergate, some 30 newspapers demanded Nixon to step down.
Baclava
May 2020
#36
We are no longer in 1974, the Republicans are hyper-partisan, see a kill shot, and will let Rump
Celerity
May 2020
#42
Still time to try again, try the mental incompetence angle, get a Dr to declare him deranged
Baclava
May 2020
#51
I think he should announce on twitter that all SS payments will be cut in half effective immediatly.
Runningdawg
May 2020
#18
Wasn't SocSec put in place b/c grammas, grampas were starving to death in Depression?
bobbieinok
May 2020
#31
Any "plan" that stops current workers from paying into the fund will kill it for everyone.
VOX
May 2020
#48
His plan (another one) was to stop current employers from paying into it....that's a 50% cut.
CousinIT
May 2020
#54
Is Prince Jared practicing for his fucking dance rehearsal in the background there?
Maru Kitteh
May 2020
#50