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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 3741157" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>That is 100% false, and you fell for it. If all income was taxed equally for social security and medicare, and both programs were means tested, both programs would be solvent forever with no cuts or age increases. But the republicans conned you into thinking that cuts in benefits, raising the age qualification, or both were the ONLY means of solving the problem. Cuts in benefits are the ONLY thing being considered by Republicans, as Ryan attested to immediately after the tax 'cut' that added trillions more to the debt. But you are sooooooo afraid of democrats that you are willing to accept cuts to your own income because you are trained to fear 'higher taxes' that you have been told will hurt you even though you will NEVER be wealthy enough to benefits from the 'cuts' under Trump and Bush.</p><p></p><p>Again, you are one of those who think that the 'tax cut' benefited you, when in reality, in the long term it will hurt you much more. Since they are using the increased debt from the tax 'cut' to cut your retirement benefits, the $3 a week you are now saving will result in two extra years of work AND lower social security income AND increased medicare copayments and higher deductibles. Tax 'cut' that add to the debt HURT you, not help, in part because they need to be repaid with interest added, and partly because the added debt is used to cut programs that help you.</p><p></p><p>If the Bush and Trump tax 'cuts' were reversed, we'd be back nearly to the balanced budget we had in 2000. And those tax cuts were supposed to help the middle class according to the propaganda you fell for, but in reality the gap between wealthy and poor grew under both cuts. You have never and will never earn enough to benefit, and think that your wages have grown, when in real terms, adjusted for inflation, your income has fallen, and is falling further under the higher inflation, higher interest rates, and higher gas prices Trump has brought. The only thing you might have going for you is if you own rental property and large mortgages, and positive cash flow because the higher inflation on a leveraged property helps you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 3741157, member: 60252"] That is 100% false, and you fell for it. If all income was taxed equally for social security and medicare, and both programs were means tested, both programs would be solvent forever with no cuts or age increases. But the republicans conned you into thinking that cuts in benefits, raising the age qualification, or both were the ONLY means of solving the problem. Cuts in benefits are the ONLY thing being considered by Republicans, as Ryan attested to immediately after the tax 'cut' that added trillions more to the debt. But you are sooooooo afraid of democrats that you are willing to accept cuts to your own income because you are trained to fear 'higher taxes' that you have been told will hurt you even though you will NEVER be wealthy enough to benefits from the 'cuts' under Trump and Bush. Again, you are one of those who think that the 'tax cut' benefited you, when in reality, in the long term it will hurt you much more. Since they are using the increased debt from the tax 'cut' to cut your retirement benefits, the $3 a week you are now saving will result in two extra years of work AND lower social security income AND increased medicare copayments and higher deductibles. Tax 'cut' that add to the debt HURT you, not help, in part because they need to be repaid with interest added, and partly because the added debt is used to cut programs that help you. If the Bush and Trump tax 'cuts' were reversed, we'd be back nearly to the balanced budget we had in 2000. And those tax cuts were supposed to help the middle class according to the propaganda you fell for, but in reality the gap between wealthy and poor grew under both cuts. You have never and will never earn enough to benefit, and think that your wages have grown, when in real terms, adjusted for inflation, your income has fallen, and is falling further under the higher inflation, higher interest rates, and higher gas prices Trump has brought. The only thing you might have going for you is if you own rental property and large mortgages, and positive cash flow because the higher inflation on a leveraged property helps you. [/QUOTE]
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