MicroWaveMar 25, 2024

The House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge gift: Roughly 80 percent of House Republicans just lined up behind a plan to cut Social Security and ban all abortions

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The House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge gift: Roughly 80 percent of House Republicans just lined up behind a plan to cut Social Security and ban all abortions - Lemmy.World

Donald Trump would be on track to win a historic landslide in November — if so many US voters didn’t find him personally repugnant. Roughly 53 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion [https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/] of the former president. And yet, when asked about Trump’s ability to handle key issues — or the impact of his policies [https://www.vox.com/policy] — voters routinely [https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/48812-who-would-handle-15-issues-better-joe-biden-donald-trump-poll] give the Republican candidate [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/poll-biden-trump-economy-presidential-race-rcna136834]higher marks than President Biden [https://www.vox.com/joe-biden].  In a YouGov survey [https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/48812-who-would-handle-15-issues-better-joe-biden-donald-trump-poll] released this month, Trump boasted an advantage over Biden on 10 of the 15 issues polled. On the three issues that voters routinely name [https://news.gallup.com/poll/611135/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx#:~:text=While%20many%20Americans%20regard%20the,trend%20and%20not%20since%202019.] as top priorities — the economy [https://www.vox.com/economy], immigration, and inflation — respondents said that Trump would do a better job by double-digit margins.  Meanwhile, in a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/us/politics/trump-biden-policies-help-hurt.html] 40 percent of voters said that Trump’s policies had helped them personally, while just 18 percent said the same of Biden. If Americans could elect a normal human being with Trump’s reputation for being “tough” on immigration and good at economics, they would almost certainly do so. Biden is fortunate that voters do not have that option. But to erase Trump’s small but stubborn lead [https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden] in the polls, the president needs to erode his GOP rival’s advantage on the issues.

Show threadCoCo_GoldsteinMar 25, 2024

If you read the article, it says the Republicans are proposing raising the age to collect full Social Security benefits to 69 (it is now currently 67). That’s not quite the same as ‘cutting’ social security.

BTW, the surplus SS currently has in its account will run dry in about 10 years. Once that happens, Social Security will become a pay as you go program if nothing changes, which means benefits will be reduced by about 25% (i.e. the amount of money coming in from SS taxes will only cover about 75% of projected outlays).

Show threadZuberi 👀Mar 25, 2024
Not to defend their stance, but you obviously have no idea what Social Security is and the reasoning you won’t be getting a single dime.
Show threadCoCo_GoldsteinMar 25, 2024
I did read the article. The current age to collect full benefits is 67. They are proposing it be raised to 69. Please illuminate for me what I am missing.
Show threadZuberi 👀Mar 25, 2024

So when you paid into it, you were told you would get money out at 67.

You will no longer be getting paid for those 2 years, thus are getting less money back from the gov (and forcing them potentially back into the work place).

Show threadcosmic_slate

I’m not a fan of raising it but you’re just incorrect and ought to look into how this works.

You can start pulling benefits out at 62 but you can collect more per month the longer you wait.

There is nothing stopping you from deciding at age 62 to start collecting if you’re fine with the lower amount.

Next, the amount provided is never promised. You pay into Social Security for current benefit recipients and Social Security gives you an estimated amount of benefits you may see. This is called out many times, and I implore you to utilize the information on its site effectively.

Here’s the disclaimer:

We can’t provide your actual benefit amount until you apply for benefits. And that amount may differ from the retirement estimates because:  …

  • Your estimated benefits are based on current law. The law governing benefits amounts may change. Congress has made changes to the law in the past and can do so at any time.
Mar 26, 2024 at 2:58amWeb
Show threadZuberi 👀Mar 26, 2024
Bro they hope you fucking die before you take it out. It’s a “cut” per OPs question you dork.
Show threadcosmic_slateMar 26, 2024
Have fun being mad at the world. It isn’t good for your blood pressure.