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gulliver

(13,863 posts)
6. But, but Epstein! ICE!
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:33 PM
16 hrs ago

This is why I'm incredibly frustrated by not just letting the legal system and elections take care of these emotionally charged, coverage hogging storylines. We're ignoring issues that affect literally tens of millions of people. Near term.

The Social Security trust fund dries up in 2032. At that time, large automatic cuts to benefits will kick in. But do you hear about this every single day? Why not?

We're going to have people with little savings and reduced Social Security. I think of that as important.

The young will lose faith in Social Security. And they'll be affected by the cuts too, since their folks won't be able to help them. And they'll be forced to help their folks.

Wish we would wake up.

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