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In reply to the discussion: The Social Security Administration Is Being Gutted Now [View all]dwayneb
(980 posts)69. Exactly they don't give a fuck about the backlash
This is all about cementing power forever. It's about softening up the USA to prime it for gifting to Pootin.
They used MAGA to get where they are and now they don't need them anymore. They could not care less about a backlash.
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I was snidely ridiculed last week, just for asking people to notify if they receive their SS check.
NBachers
Mar 10
#17
Everytime DU recs, i check. Got my SS today. My kids laughing at this old lady for worrying.
txwhitedove
Mar 10
#25
Try not to take it personally ... DUers are scared like everyone who's paying attention
FakeNoose
Mar 10
#38
Yes. It's a legitimate question, and one I would gladly answer on a monthly basis.
Magoo48
Mar 11
#67
I'm with you. I too believe this is the first act of what will become the domestic tragedy of the 21st century
Cheezoholic
Mar 10
#4
And what will a backlash look like? People upset? Protests? Raucus town halls? Will there be mass
wiggs
Mar 10
#41
...and if they can't reduce benefits or just eliminate SSDI, they want to turn it into a means-based welfare type system
wiggs
Mar 10
#42
They will be told who to blame. Dems of course. Brown people surely, and the immigrants they
wiggs
Mar 10
#59
They will try that and the cult will believe it, but enough people will see the con. GW Bush tried this too and got
LymphocyteLover
Mar 11
#79
they are going to whine and complain about the homeless and what to do with them
AllaN01Bear
Mar 10
#11
They - the MAGAt-lite GOP freaks - believe they can bury the uniforms and escape...
Moostache
Mar 11
#77
Destroying government programs allows you to truthfully say "See, they don't work."
NoMoreRepugs
Mar 10
#31
TIME MATTERS alright, and we don't have time to wait for the judicial branch n/t
AntiFascist
Mar 10
#54
When those 20 somethings and even politicians or their families, relatives or friends
3825-87867
Mar 10
#62