Judd LegumNov 8, 2022

If Republicans win control of the House or Senate tonight (or both) the main practical consequence is they will use the threat of a global economic collapse to try to force benefit cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

I wonder what percentage of voters know this?

Show threadJudd LegumNov 8, 2022
Imagine if we took 50% of the coverage wasted on polling analysis and devoted it to reporting on the actual stakes of the election
Show threadkrebstar
@juddlegum No one would believe you. They would say FakeNews. And then when they go to do exactly that, they will stand behind it and accuse minorities or criminals for causing this.
Nov 8, 2022 at 6:09pmWeb
Show threadSteve WhiteNov 8, 2022

@krebstar @juddlegum

It would be impossible to enumerate the times I've had this argument with folks who insisted that 1) Republicans were the only ones protecting Social Security and 2) Social Security was a pyramid scheme that needed to die.

Over and over.

Show threaderrgNov 8, 2022
@krebstar @juddlegum Exactly. There was some experiment a few years ago where, before the election, voters were told what Republicans had said they were going to do, and they didn't believe it.