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Written by Andrea Junker :verified: on 2025-01-16 at 21:16

It has been said before, but it bears repeating: the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security aren’t bankrupting America. It’s tax-evading billionaires like Trump who are bleeding this country dry.

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Written by Nazo on 2025-01-16 at 21:18

@Strandjunker I guess you should say "worked 3/4th" of their lives to put emphasis on the fact that we're coming into an era now where people will be expected to work 100% of their lives just to be allowed to be alive.

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Written by Botolo on 2025-01-16 at 21:22

@Strandjunker It has not been proven that Trump has evaded tax more than what's allowed by the tax code. Another billionaire, Elon Musk, usually pays roughly $11/12 billion in taxes yearly. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/20/investing/elon-musk-11-billion-dollars-taxes/index.html

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Written by Full Metal Accountant on 2025-01-16 at 23:40

@botolo86 @Strandjunker

Won't someone think of the billionaires?!

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Written by Baglava on 2025-01-16 at 21:27

@Strandjunker That's not only America, it's capitalism running wild, world-wide.

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Written by Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma on 2025-01-17 at 00:04

@Strandjunker

The US government is also busy making people poor by spending billions on themselves and endless spending on unnecessary military procurements.

Defence capability is important, but what the US spends is insane.

It has 900 F-16s, which will NEVER be used for anything.

Maintaining these and other outdated assets is phenomenally expensive.

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Written by Fat_Farang on 2025-01-17 at 00:06

@Strandjunker Hate to brag, but my wife and I are living the high life on $1250 a month. I was just telling my buddies, Elon and Jeff, what a scam it is.

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Written by Nazani on 2025-01-17 at 00:36

@Strandjunker

We may be entering the age of the senior terrorist. Some are too old to care what happens if they go postal on the people effing with their social security & medicare.

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Written by PeachMcD on 2025-01-17 at 02:02

@Nazani @Strandjunker

I just finished an excellent novel about this

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Written by JackieM on 2025-01-17 at 00:50

@Strandjunker If you’re trying to figure out who’s robbing you, it’s damn sure not the people with no money!

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Written by Travis Scott on 2025-01-17 at 02:35

@Strandjunker thank you for being a bright spot to spread the word.

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Written by Charlie the Anti-Fascist Dog on 2025-01-17 at 02:46

@Strandjunker and those people paid into social security. it's not a handout, it's an earned benefit. it's a retirement account that they worked their entire lives to build.

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Written by morningstar54 on 2025-01-17 at 04:02

@Strandjunker !

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Written by iveyline on 2025-01-17 at 04:29

@Strandjunker Exactly! And they want more!!

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Written by patcanfield on 2025-01-17 at 06:45

@Strandjunker Honestly, since Reagan admin. the Republicans have Claimed we are Spending too much! So what do they do? Reduce our nation's Revenue! (so smart!) Forcing Congress to Cut Spending! Even Repiblicans can't agree on Where to cut spending. Yet GW Bush decides the thing to do is cut More Revenues! AND go to War OFF THE BOOKS for a fabricated reason he used to Get Back at Saddam for being mean to his Daddy!.

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Written by patcanfield on 2025-01-17 at 06:51

@Strandjunker Still, we hget Tea Party/ Freedom Caucus demanding Balanced Books! Spend=Revenue, but Trump cuts Revenue again! Still, we're Borrowing to cover costs since our Revenue has been cut AGAIN! and They want to cut costs but Nobody seems to agree on Where(because we're a Democracy, Thank God!) Put taxes back In-LIne and we'll get out of the deficit, the Rich/Por gap will disappear--THEN we can talk about their Stupidity!

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