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AllaN01Bear

(22,400 posts)
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 03:34 PM Oct 2022

since inceptin the rs have been trying to get rid of ss/ssd/ssi and medicaid .

they have nickled and dimed it for ever. 50 years . 50 years . or more . from what the rs are planning if they take house . are going to force democrats to cut the program whilst they give their rich benefactors huge gifts tax free.tye hwann do catastropic shutdown for that ? @#$%^&*()^&*()()

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since inceptin the rs have been trying to get rid of ss/ssd/ssi and medicaid . (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 OP
Well they're failing. So probably will never happen. jimfields33 Oct 2022 #1
2 weeks before election dems launch massive coordinated attack - repubs taking away your SS/medicare msongs Oct 2022 #2
If elections still matter, if the GOP doesnt just appoint who they want as the winner Eliot Rosewater Oct 2022 #3
How many more will republicans kill by taking every fucking penny from them. onecaliberal Oct 2022 #5
If R's do end SS, no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #4

msongs

(69,413 posts)
2. 2 weeks before election dems launch massive coordinated attack - repubs taking away your SS/medicare
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 03:48 PM
Oct 2022

well one can dream...

Eliot Rosewater

(32,167 posts)
3. If elections still matter, if the GOP doesnt just appoint who they want as the winner
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 03:52 PM
Oct 2022

then maybe we save them for now.

I am assuming it will all be gone in 2 yrs and acting accordingly. Problem is the market is terrible as well.

no_hypocrisy

(48,061 posts)
4. If R's do end SS,
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 03:55 PM
Oct 2022

will they send my assets held in trust to me? They were taken out of my paycheck, and they belong to me.

And I'm certain my employer will not add future SS deductions to my paycheck.

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