Well I am beginning to think Trump is doing a lot of this shit just so he can put people to work building new bridges for people to live under and so he can tell his low IQ MAGA followers see I put people to work, and they will cheer and believe him.
trump definitely does not care about his supporters.
Are you worried because the “ trust fund” is going to run out in a decade and unless something is done, benefits will automatically be cut by 25% yet if anyone even acknowledges that fact, they are deemed to hate Social Security and want to eliminate it?
It's going to get better... if you really want to help them encourage them to be optimistic... And for the moment realistic....
It's your choice to believe that.... But why?
The whole idea of the trust fund disturbed me. Taxes were paid by working class people, and the excess money was used to reduce taxes on the very rich... WHO PAID BARELY ANY PAYROLL TAXES!!! The promise was that the very rich would someday pay back that money, but we all know they never will.
I'm retired... And I
According to the government any money borrowed from S.S. has been paid back, with interest. They lying about that?
They certainly never promised that. They promised that the interest would be paid by the federal government on the money borrowed by the federal government. They made the promise that the principle would not be repaid, and more importantly, that those that benefited would not be held accountable.
Again, no. People who get earned income pay in, up to a point. Rich people usually earn little to no earned income, and the hard cap on Social Security taxes mean that even if they do they pay little Social Security taxes.
Payroll taxes were used to offset capital gains taxes, so a very rich person had their taxes greatly reduced based on taxes they never paid.
That's false. While it's correct most people don't get rich based on salary there are very few people that earn no income. So that's not the reason S.S. is in the situation it is.
I'll give Trump until summer before his favorability rating goes deeper underwater than Biden's.
Despite Trump Assurances on Sunday, DOGE Heads Musk and Ramaswamy Signal Social Security Cuts Are Coming
Trump vowed to “not cut one penny” from Social Security, but his other statements and actions suggest that he plans to.truthout.org
DOGE Heads Musk and Ramaswamy Signal Social Security Cuts Are Coming
Trump vowed to “not cut one penny” from Social Security, but his other statements and actions suggest that he plans to.
On Sunday, president-elect Donald Trump sought to assuage concerns that he will make cuts to Social Security and other safety net programs after Republicans signaled last week that Social Security could be targeted by Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) initiative, managed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Asked by host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program whether the DOGE initiative would include cuts to Social Security, Trump said “no,” other than perhaps cuts related to allegations of “abuse” or “fraud” associated with the program.
Notably, such fraud happens at extremely low rates — by one estimate, fraud equals around just $0.40 out of every $100 in benefits Social Security doles out yearly.
“We’re not touching Social Security, other than — we might make it more efficient,” Trump said about the national insurance program that helps retirees, disabled people, widowers and children of deceased parents. “But the people are going to get what they get.”
“We’re not raising ages or any of that stuff,” he added.
No, Legina. Pedo Don isn't president yet but he's breaking campaign promises already.
He will end all of biden's wars as there were no wars under his first ppresidency
well it looks like you haven't even lifted either foot up yet to take the first step.