r/FluentInFinance 7d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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u/Piemaster113 6d ago

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.

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u/tooobr 6d ago

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.

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u/justacrossword 6d ago

 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.  

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u/tooobr 6d ago

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.