Summary
At the first meeting of the DOGE Caucus, a new congressional group focused on government efficiency, Republican Rep. Greg Lopez stated that cuts to Social Security and Medicare are likely “on the table” as part of debt reduction efforts.
The caucus, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to slash government spending, raising concerns among advocacy groups about potential attacks on anti-poverty programs.
Critics, including Social Security Works, warn the caucus may push for privatization and benefit reductions.
This comes despite Trump’s prior commitment to protect these programs.
No there the fuck will not be cuts to either thing.
“But they won’t take away MY social security…”
For most boomers, this is true. It’s genx and younger that will suffer.
It’s like we exist, as a generation, to subsidize the lifestyles of boomers.
I like to think of it as the boomers have reverse mortgaged the country.
older millennial, checking in.
I’ve been hearing since the 90s that social security would be bankrupt by the time I’m eligible for it, so i haven’t included it in my retirement calculations at all.
Fucking DO IT
EDIT:
cuts to Social Security and Medicare are likely “on the table” as part of debt reduction efforts.
Medicare for all? More like Medicare for none.
Hopefully they stop all those subsidies that go towards farms and we all starve and die.
who needs crops when we can eat the oligarchs?
There’s not that many of them, many people will be hungry
Those subsidies mostly go to huge Ag corps that pretend they’re split up into hundreds of little family farms…
doesn’t need to be, of course. they just want to cut social security because ‘the poors’ rely on it more.
The wealthy, who have had help all their life but imagine they did it all on their own, see needing help when you’re poor as a disgusting moral failing. Many of them will also call themselves Christians.
This could end badly for them. Old people without a means to continue surviving either have to continue working till they die, or die fighting the government.
There’s certain people who continue to receive social security from childhood if they have a qualifying disability and make under a certain amount of money. I think to qualify for social security your primary caregiver has to be on social security, like if you live with a grandparent or you have an older parent.
I’m not even touching on those on SSDI. Just the common retired 67 year old. Just imagine a retired Walmart worker with no SSI income. Way too many of them with nothing else to do other than die; be homeless, suffer and die; or die taking in the government.
Hahahahahahahaahahhaahahaaaaaaaahhahahahaa
Yes, they want to roll back the entire New Deal and have corporate serfdom again. They have been saying it for years and now they have their chance.
More and more I feel we are seeing the pendulum swing. Normally we see 5-10 year cycles of push and pull along the political spectrum, but I’m becoming convinced we’re in a century long cycle.
We no longer have those with living memory of the gilded age, losing those who remember the saving grace that was the New Deal, and fewer and fewer left who were sent to war to fight fascism. The wealth gap is worsening in developed nations across the world, democratic republics are electing more far right parties and authoritarian leaders with populist messages, the incoming administration is floating the idea of scrapping the FDIC and deregulating anything on his favorite billionaire’s wishlist.
Seems like we’re right on track for a repeat of the 1930s.
Removing the FDIC or when putting money under the mattress is safer than a bank…
Hope everyone remembers to not negotiate with capitalists next time we have a labor movement like we had in the early 20th century.
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> some cuts
> the cuts:
The House R’s have a very tiny majority and their constituents will not be happy about this idea and will let them know it. So I feel like they won’t be able to get the votes to do it. I also think they’re going to prioritze things like more tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations first, as well as the border stuff, before they would get to that. Ya never know, but that’s what I’m hoping for.
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I know a lot of bitter Boomers with bad health and nothing to lose, this could be an interesting year.
Most of them are too stupid to understand how this affects them.
When it comes to intelligence, standard deviation applies evenly to all age demographic. You ageist asshole.
Their comment was clearly aimed at Republicans.
Don’t worry, the cuts will drain social security just in time for when you go to collect. Current recipients will go un affected. I have no insider knowledge, I just understand that corporate America hates my generation.
It’s funny at this point. Either the rich pay their share or we Mangione them. Tick tock musky. Tik fuckin tok.
I’m legit surprised some big stock brokerage or finance firm hasn’t loaded up to the tits on Tesla short positions and then sent in a couple of Luigi’s.
Wouldnt the company be more profitable without his interference and huge salary/bonus?
Nah, he’s basically projecting that he’s in a position to remove any agency blocking anything he wants to do with his company. We’ll see if Congress actually lets him do it
Yes if you consider tesla a company. No if you consider it as a way to buy influence via President Musk. (am slightly being sarcastic)
Tesla valuation at this point isn’t vaguely related to how good or bad their actual business is, at this point it’s people buying into “co president Elon”.
A huge, mouth watering steak walks up to you and says, “There’s no more food.”
Thank you, I couldn’t think of a better analogy
That’s rich.
ill see myself out
This is what happens when you’ve never ridden on the subway.
