In a Monday interview, Trump suggested cutting Social Security and Medicare

PostmodernProphet said:
how about we cut benefits to the highest 50% and double benefits for the lower 50%
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Walt said:
That would mean that if someone made $1 over the line, they would lose $40k a year. That is brutal.
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PostmodernProphet said:
of course.....how would the guy who makes a dollar more than $999,999 ever survive without his $40k..........do you ever actually think before you post?.....
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I doubt the top 50% are getting $1 million a year. That sounds more like the top 1%. I could not find the median retirement income, but the average is somewhere about $60k. Let's even say the median is $80k. By your plan, if you make $79,999, then you get an extra $40k, but if you make $80k, you get only $80k. So making one dollar more would reduce your income by nearly $40k. That would be a third of your income.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
neither does his.....
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trump released one year, and another couple of years were released illegally. From my understanding, he avoided earned income like the plague. Again, from my understanding, you need 10 years of earned income to get Social Security. That should not be tough for most Americans.

I have earned income since I was 16, so have 37 years. I have been putting off checking what I will get from Social Security, but it should be something close to the max, if not the max.

It really doesn't matter. My Roth is fat, which means I believe I will be doing fine.
 
Walt said:
trump released one year, and another couple of years were released illegally. From my understanding, he avoided earned income like the plague. Again, from my understanding, you need 10 years of earned income to get Social Security. That should not be tough for most Americans.

I have earned income since I was 16, so have 37 years. I have been putting off checking what I will get from Social Security, but it should be something close to the max, if not the max.

It really doesn't matter. My Roth is fat, which means I believe I will be doing fine.
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STFU you welfare collecting Democrat. You have no idea what work even means, Pathetic fuck.Democrat of course.
 
Walt said:
So you would start getting money a few months after the end of the year? So if you lost all your money in January, you would have to live 15 months without money before getting a little?
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wtf are you even talking about.......yeah, if you lost all your money you wouldn't have any money......does this shock you?......we're talking about income loss not asset loss......if you've been making a million dollars a year in interest and dividends and suddenly drop to zero and can't 1) get SS for 15 months, or 2) sell your Gucci boots at a resale shop then go on welfare like everyone else.......
 
Walt said:
I doubt the top 50% are getting $1 million a year. That sounds more like the top 1%. I could not find the median retirement income, but the average is somewhere about $60k. Let's even say the median is $80k. By your plan, if you make $79,999, then you get an extra $40k, but if you make $80k, you get only $80k. So making one dollar more would reduce your income by nearly $40k. That would be a third of your income.
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YOU are the one that suggested $160k.......not my problem if your analogy sucks ass.......
 
Walt said:
trump released one year, and another couple of years were released illegally. From my understanding, he avoided earned income like the plague. Again, from my understanding, you need 10 years of earned income to get Social Security. That should not be tough for most Americans.

I have earned income since I was 16, so have 37 years. I have been putting off checking what I will get from Social Security, but it should be something close to the max, if not the max.

It really doesn't matter. My Roth is fat, which means I believe I will be doing fine.
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I fully expect your earned income is slightly less than what Trump can deduct from his income taxes for the expense of sweeping the sand from the MarLago swimming pools.......
 
PostmodernProphet said:
YOU are the one that suggested $160k.......not my problem if your analogy sucks ass.......
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That does not solve the problem with your plan. If you make an all or nothing plan, that means one penny of more income will cost tens of thousands of dollars of benefits. You need a phase out zone for any of this to make sense.
 
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