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‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
(www.theguardian.com)
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RFK is already talking about cutting current SS by 25%. That is people already on it going to be on it. Congress has kicked the can down the road for 50 years and all the while putting IOUs in the SS bank to cover whatever bullshit and now they want to cut you off. I want all these people to fucking die in a vat of molten cow shit so we can use them as fertilizer.
He is such a POS and disgrace to his father and his uncle’s legacy…
If people referred to it as "SS" more maybe they would end up supporting it.
I legit thought they were referencing ICE
free professional advice: SSA (Social Security Administration) to refer to the organization, SSI (Social Security Income) to refer to standard social security payments, SSDI (Social Security Disability Income) to refer to those ones.
yeah, we had to jump through some acronym hoops, but we don't use SS. USSS to refer to United States Secret Service. No SS to refer to the Secret Service (it predates the nazi SS)
Meanwhile 250B unfunded to start a war in Iran from which fuckall was gained, and much other than money was lost, is unquestionably funded.
Just like afghanistan. iraq.
The Iran war may cost upwards of 1.3 trillion dollars - if you count the reparations - for the demented megalomaniac's little "excursion". Seems we have plenty of money for those things though.
The US could easily afford single payer. It might even save the government money because the current situation isn't very cheap either with multiple different government options that all require eligibility checks, etc. The issue is how many people profit from the current situation. Insurance, hospitals... Hell, do you think doctors want a pay cut?
Don't forget to take their money to make SS solvent. Just Elon could add decades to it.