Robert ReichExtending Trump's tax cuts will cost $3.5 trillion over a decade.
This is why Trump wants to cut Social Security.
So he can take a lifetime of earned benefits away from working people and gift it to the rich.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
PRNE@rbreich social security is doomed. No "citizen" of the failed states of America under fifty or so stands any chance of seeing a dime of it
Virginia Murr"Reverse Robin Hood" ... is what they want. It's (literally) in Rand's 'Shrugged.
Make no mistake: they're proud of it.
Carson Hill"Make America 12th Century England Again"
-Burning of Witches was okay!
-Church and Nobility controlled everything!
-All sorts of shit was made of gold!
-Nobody could read!
-Robin Hood* wasn't born yet!
*yeah I know he was fictional, still.
LiverpoolWiz
ZephyrXero@rbreich not just a "benefit", but an investment we've all paid into with our own money. When I make payments into social security, it's not all that different than when I pay into my 401k. And to take it away would be theft in my eyes
jhhl@rbreich There was a time in my life when I hit the limit taxable amount on Social Security contributions - I was very surprised that such a ting existed! Raise it to, oh, $400,000. The super rich will still be super rich, and they won't have to deal with pitchfork wielding people earning under 400K torching their McMansions and defective Teslas.
D Ingram@rbreich Reverse Robin Hood getting discussed in Australian media too https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-17/nobel-prize-winning-economist-criticises-economics-profession/103582032
Matt@rbreich So… ‘hood robbin’?
EmergencyJoe@rbreich I have been paying into social security for 42 years. I have to work seven more years to Audible qualify for "full" benefits.
EARNED benefit.
NOT ENTITLEMENT!