• Ziege_Bock [any]
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    3 years ago

    Remember when Bernie called out Biden for wanting to cut Social Security, and Biden was like "no i didn't?" and none of the moderators of the debate thought any further about it? lol.

    But yeah, spending decades talking about how we might be able to make amends with conservatives by extending the olive branch of addressing the Deficit by freezing Social Security, and defacto cutting it by not tying it to any CPI or Cost of Living metrics. This mummy thinks austerity makes him look austere.

    • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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      3 years ago

      Both of my shitty chud parents are on social security now and they desperately need it and a very evil snide part of me would love for them to be cut off since that's what they want for everyone else when it doesn't effect them.

      SI will almost certainly be gone by the time I'm their age anyways so I'd almost rather they inflict misery on the boomers now

      • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]M
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        3 years ago

        I dont know a single person under 40 that is expecting SI or anything remotely helpful in the future.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          3 years ago

          I'm expecting it, because its endured 80 years of this conservative deficit hawkery and anti-government hysteria.

          But I also don't think the $12k/year stipend is going to buying much when import/export markets collapse in a post-globalist world.

          • Ziege_Bock [any]
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            3 years ago

            in 2050, Social Security will be administered in monthly $ 50 Amazon gift cards.

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              3 years ago

              In fairness, 60% of the economy will just be people handing packages back and forth between each other to make Big Number Go Up.

        • D3FNC [any]
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          3 years ago

          At this point my retirement plan is the inevitability of fascists lining me up against a wall.