Comment on Column: Social Security is again in the crosshairs of a GOP budget, even though a long-term fix would be simple

• jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So we should scam more people because the elderly got scammed?

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  • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lol, if anyone’s getting scammed it’s me! People often collect more social security than they put in. I’ve only been paying into since I began working, and have another 30 or so years before I can start collecting.

    So, yes, we should continue paying out social security because our entire society is a scam. It’s the least we can do.

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    • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      our entire society is a scam

      I’m glad you’re honest about social security and new deal policies. Though I don’t understand why you’d want to double down on them.

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      • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m glad you’re honest about social security and new deal policies.

        Then I’m sorry to disappoint because it’s not fair to attribute such beliefs to me, particularly about the new deal policies, which led to the idealized American past that modern folks pine after, when I didn’t mention them.

        But since you brought 'em up, we should definitely double down on the new deal policies rather than continue to role them back. Lina Khan’s renewed anti-trust efforts are a good, strong first step, but we definitely need way more.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is the issue. The system doesn’t work. It is just a wealth transfer which I am against.

    I would support taking the 12% and putting it into a private retirement account.

    It is unfair to ask the top 5% or 50% to pay for the bottom 50%. I already pay more than my fair share of taxes. People won’t take taxation seriously until they feel the pain. Spreading the pain across everyone may cause people to stop demanding more spending.

    We have a spending problem in this country and it can’t be solved by taxation.

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• wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Inuits use to push the elderly out on an ice flow.

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  • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sure. So what? Is that your social prescription for the elderly: help them along to the final stage of life?

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    • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They do it in Canada and Europe. Isn’t that the more humane option ?

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      • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How do they do it in Canada and Europe? I seriously doubt they’re pushing 'em out into the ocean like, “Go be with the seals! We’ll miss you!”

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