Social Security and Medicare Cuts Are Coming, Whether Politicians Do It or Not

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[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I'm almost fifty and I've worked full-time my entire adult life. I have literally paid hundreds of thousands of dollars into Social Security. While I sympathize with Republicans on questions of morality and values, it's hard to overlook getting clipped for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

being old and paying taxes makes me intelligent

ok

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Dude, you started the "intelligence" thing. I kind of don't give a shit. People are born with a certain innate intelligence. It's not that different from height or dick size.

It also doesn't correlate very well with having well thought-out, workable ideas about politics. Walk around the University of Michigan or Cal Berkeley and tell me if you want those people in charge of anything.

As far as "old" goes, yeah- I actually grew up in the "modern" world before it turned into a complete fucking dystopia. I don't apologize for that.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You started the intelligence thing by proposing something stupid LOL

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, I proposed voting in my own self interest.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

LOL