Ruth S Taylor
Andrea Junker 
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 our country dry.
Detlef Steuer@Strandjunker ... and not only in the US.
Alexander KarnIn a democracy, billionaires and wealthy corporations pay what they owe. When they don’t, that’s oligarchy.
Just remembered the 2016 debate when Trump insisted he was “smart” for paying next to nothing in personal taxes.
The reply ought to be: “If you cared about the future of our democracy, you’d be like Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and other billionaires calling for a fairer tax on the ultra-wealthy. If you cared about America as a common undertaking, instead of a zero-sum competition among individuals, you’d know that paying your fair share is a mark of pride.”
Also, YES, he said it. Lied about it subsequently because of course he did (sociopath).
“So the thing you’re talking about and guided by is self-interest. That’s not patriotism; that’s not leadership.”
CMDR R Mons, Graham Linux@xankarn @Strandjunker But that isn't the way of the narcissistic sociopath, so Trump wouldn't have understood.
@CMDR_Royal_Mons @Strandjunker
It’s true. But you don’t debate a fascist to teach him something. Indeed, you don’t debate a fascist. The only reason to share a stage with a fascist is to teach voters something.
Fan of Shared Truth & Empathy
Resistor McResistanceFace"Fun Fact: all those all old billionaires still receive #Socialsecurity money they don't even need. Please stop their check and not mine" - someone who needs it
Damkina
MemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲
Elizabeth Winter@Strandjunker They have been using Soc Sec surplus for decades to balance up the budget rather than regular taxation. Now they want to avoid having to pay that monster debt back. Amounts to wage theft.
nanoman
GATEKEEPER
NPh@Strandjunker I guess this counts as communism in your not that great again so far country.
DJ Enno
Led By Gilded Fools@Strandjunker Was there some news about the debt ceiling negotiations that might be bad news for Social Security?
Aviva Gary
Black Cat Ranch@Strandjunker that’s my 76 year old mom’s only income - after Section 8, her rent is “only” $600 - she has food stamps and has to pay utilities and insurance. She earned minimum wage and still paid more taxes than many billionaires
Craig Mcgee@kevinrns @Strandjunker same here in the UK, and that would extend to disabled people, people looking for work and on benefits etc, but the billionaires have the politicians of the world in their pockets.