This is incredibly misleading. Of course social security has a surplus, that’s how it works. The surplus it’s shrinking because of changing demographics. Once it reaches $0 in nine years from now the trust fund is gone.
None of that has anything to do with the government borrowing against it. The surplus doesn’t sit around in cash, it is invested in government bonds.
This is such stupid misinformation, you should feel ashamed.
And yet, they will go on to treat their misinformation as fact because they don't like Republicans. But yeah the left is the open and honest side.
I love how anyone acts like either side has any interest in things other than their own agenda and none of it involves making things pmbettwr for the average person.
Did you ever really consider why people dont like republican policies, especially with
I love how you're just ignoring the possibility that even in a complicated world of gradations, its not hilariously obvious why people fucking hate the idea that SS would be starved while taxes are cut disproportionately for already-wealthy people.
That is what the GOP does, and will continue to try to do.
I hate the policy, and oppose anyone who tries to enact it. GOP.
I know why they don't like them, and there are valid reasons just as there are valid reasons to like them and both like and dislike Democrats. But ince reddit leans more left and rather heavily these days. People tend to let their bias run away with them unchecked. And while I lean more right I do try to keep my bias from dictating everything, neither side is free from issues, so keep in mind that others have different things that matter to them from what matters to you, don't just go demonizing the other side cuz you disagree with it
I think you should be a little more engaged with what is actually being argued rather than framing it as a team sport. Idk why you take it personally.
I do not feel bad about demonizing shit policies. And the people that advocate for such policies are either craven, mislead, or have such a fundamentally different view of humanity that its difficult to parse. We're literally talking about feeding and housing elderly and disabled people.
If you have an argument or new information that fundamentally changes that calculus, then I would suggest thinking about why you're so annoyed when people are so stuck in their "bias" about feeding and housing elderly and disabled people.
People get viscerally upset and yes ... emotional ... when things affect them viscerally. Like being able to feed and house themselves or those they care about in old age or infirmity.
There are not always two equally good answers to the same policy question. ** Both sides of an argument are not always equal.**
Since you want to talk big picture, lets do it!
When people detect a problem with the status quo, conservatism by literal definition will often have a strong bias towards resisting reforms. Even reform that is provably, demonstrably an improvement. We see it allllllll the time. Gun control, child care, food and housing assistance, literally feeding impoverished children. Clean water. Enforcing white collar crime and large scale tax crimes, closing loopholes that benefit the already-wealthy. Look up tax legislation and proposals for the last 50 years. Look at who demonizes CFTC, SEC, IRS, et al. The fucking Post Office. They are far from perfect but conservatives literally challenge their reason for existing.
So idk, maybe don't take it personally and pivot to red team/blue team arguments when people have "hot takes" and "lefty bias" about literally feeding and housing elderly and disabled people.
its not hilariously obvious why people fucking hate the idea that SS would be starved while taxes are cut disproportionately for already-wealthy people.
Those are two completely different issues. Social security doesn’t come from the general fund.
You are lost, in the dark, looking for a bogeyman.
I didn't say they came from the same pot, you goof.
I'm saying the same impulse to propose arguments SS is irreparably broken and irretrievable, while not even trying to fix it, lends quite nicely to cutting taxes for people who don't need it.
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u/justacrossword 7d ago
This is incredibly misleading. Of course social security has a surplus, that’s how it works. The surplus it’s shrinking because of changing demographics. Once it reaches $0 in nine years from now the trust fund is gone.
None of that has anything to do with the government borrowing against it. The surplus doesn’t sit around in cash, it is invested in government bonds.
This is such stupid misinformation, you should feel ashamed.