Post ASWaCpUBPAf1A0EikS by vecrumba@historians.social
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 (DIR) Post #ASW5pJmC8XclWuXAyO by stopgopfox@libretooth.gr
       2023-02-09T22:17:29Z
       
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       The GOP now calls retirement benefits a "ponzi scheme." This makes sense, considering Republicans want to pull a Bernie Madoff and leave those who invested their whole lives with NOTHING. #seniors #seniorcare #elderlycare #medicare #medicaid #politics #uspol #uspolitics #republicans #gop #gqp
       
 (DIR) Post #ASW63CDZ2IVw8pxB20 by Runkleva@mastodon.online
       2023-02-09T22:20:00Z
       
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       @stopgopfox Which one of these old white men, Johnson or Scott, stole money from Medicare.   One of them did.  Best ponzu scheme ever.  Do they have any resolution?  Besides ending this and giving the money to private world. Who will NOT increase salaries.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASW68NjZe7qrJ4OlzU by zachvat@newsie.social
       2023-02-09T22:20:56Z
       
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       @stopgopfox Walking back that SOTU error, eh, Ronnie? 😎
       
 (DIR) Post #ASW6BnId3EGTStQFQO by JudyOlo@universeodon.com
       2023-02-09T22:21:35Z
       
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       @stopgopfox Says the millionaire who has milked his position for every tax break possible and spread lies for Russia. How is this guy allowed to walk free? "Johnson’s net worth has risen from roughly $23.76 million in 2011 to about $48.03 million in 2020. Over that time period, Johnson has worked to save his biggest billionaire backers hundreds of millions in tax breaks, all while he “personally benefited from [the] tax change he sought.”https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/american-bridge-ron-johnson-sad-hes-only-doubled-his-wealth-as-senator
       
 (DIR) Post #ASW7ndLUbiXrYIMwHA by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
       2023-02-09T22:39:34Z
       
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       @stopgopfox this is my refutation along a summary of the retirement reality for many older Americans https://youtu.be/pabiMZ5qAmI
       
 (DIR) Post #ASW7rFpLzRWnlm3wv2 by mmeadway@mstdn.social
       2023-02-09T22:40:14Z
       
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       @stopgopfox If he ever bothered to read the Actuarial Report that the SSA publishes every year, he might get a clue as to how it really works.  But that would destroy the narrative.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASWCFaKJpCTU78P5Gq by amerika@noagendasocial.com
       2023-02-09T23:29:37Z
       
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       @stopgopfox Sunseting means stop the program from going further. Existing entitlements will be paid, albeit based on how much the program already has.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASWOTVCGtQGdhz2gDI by kinyutaka@mstdn.social
       2023-02-10T01:46:28Z
       
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       @stopgopfox The reason #SocialSecurity is seen as a #PonziScheme is because #Republicans want to loot it at every opportunity and leave nothing for my generation.The same reason we can't own houses.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASWaCpUBPAf1A0EikS by vecrumba@historians.social
       2023-02-10T03:57:55Z
       
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       @stopgopfox There is no difference between Ron Johnson and verified Kremlin trolls I engaged in my past on Wikipedia.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASWgQqIfm11VStuy2a by Falcons68@mstdn.social
       2023-02-10T05:07:41Z
       
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       @stopgopfox Assume we give him that, so is all forms of insurance. Would he “sunset” that as well?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASXSrqoUliwQfwkMjo by JaneETowle@mastodon.world
       2023-02-10T14:10:19Z
       
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       @stopgopfox well if he thinks that I think we should bring back public beheadings for insanely greedy politicians
       
 (DIR) Post #ASY9Z9NBy54itOCEdM by volkris@qoto.org
       2023-02-10T22:08:47Z
       
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       @stopgopfoxBy law the Social Security program takes money from workers, immediately hands it to other workers, and deposits the rest in the Treasury where it’s immediately spent on other programs.Assuming the workers are considered investors, that pretty clearly meets the definition of a Ponzi scheme.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASZj4xaqzVN7B9RxlQ by OrionFed@universeodon.com
       2023-02-11T16:21:27Z
       
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       @stopgopfox It's actually trueA Ponzi scheme works by taking money from new investors (working people) in order to pay previous investors (retirees), and the new investors are promised future payouts that won't materialize because the whole thing is going to run out of money by the time they're supposed to be paidThe difference is that Social Security is guaranteed by the government, so they will actually pay, even when they'll run out of money