Elon Musk finally admits Social Security is on the chopping block
Elon Musk finally admits Social Security is on the chopping block
Summary
Elon Musk suggested cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in a Fox News interview, citing debunked claims about fraud and linking benefits to illegal immigration.
He falsely claimed millions of deceased individuals remain in the Social Security system, a statement previously refuted by officials.
While Trump has promised not to cut entitlement programs, Musk’s remarks indicate they are under threat, potentially impacting millions of Americans.
His rhetoric echoes far-right conspiracy theories, raising concerns about his influence on policy discussions regarding social safety nets.
If you're 70, don't worry this will all be over soon....unless you're doing an 18 year old right now. I would find me a nice person who might be coughing some freedom up. You'll find then at the public transit and the urgent care unit at your local hospital. There are quicker ways. Thanks for voting trump!
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll just move your money into something else like the crypto reserve
"Admits".
Haven't demons like Paul Ryan had their entire political career motivated by ending Social Security? It's not like the Republicans' desire to kill old people is any secret...
You work until you die
Either the work kills you (no OSHA) or You work until you die from old age
There will be no retirement for the poors
Seriously…. Why the fuck is this clown allowed to cut ANYTHING?
The moment he cuts a single service someone depends on, he should be sued into submission. How is this happening?
Oh okay. So where's my fucking money???
He should be on the chopping block
We should use the chopping block on him, and repurpose his wealth to fund government programs. Especially for repaying federal employees for this shitshow.
Where do I get a refund on my social security payments I've put in my entire adult life?
I know you’re joking but for those that don’t understand:
When you pay in your Social Security each paycheck. That money is immediately handed out to another person. When you go to collect Social Security in reality, you’re justliving on somebody else’s money. You never see your money again. It really is just social welfare.
While Trump has promised not to cut entitlement programs
And we all know how much Trump's word is worth.
We also all know how much in charge of the White House he is too.
I sincerely hope these cuts do not happen, but if they do, I hope we see a massive "grey wave" of large scale protests from older folks who rely on these programs. They worked and paid into Social Security their whole lives and deserve that money.
The thing is, the elders have all bought in to this idea that there's no money for social security and medicare not because it's been whittled away and underfunded and means tested to death for forty years, but rather there's just massive, massive fraud, and everybody's stealing from social security before it gets to them. So, they're probably all cheering this push to cut entitlements because they think that all these fraudsters will be kicked off, and surely they won't be kicked off, surely their social security benefits will actually be a good amount once all those mooches are kicked off. When it does happen to them, and it will, they won't realize that it was by design, they'll all be stunned that Trump and Musk made this "mistake" and swept them up in the cuts.
You know, Elon Musk is a person with a neck.
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Hooray!
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A neck that's awfully long. Maybe we could help him out and shorten it a bit.
I know some folks that can fashion a guillotine!
Many people are saying...
Reminder: you paid taxes in order to receive social security when you need it. If they negate on that deal, ask for your taxes back.
Social Security's "trust fund" is an empty pit of debt obligations. Benefits to current recipients are paid with incoming payroll taxes. Any difference is made up with additional taxes or monetary inflation, by way of Treasury bonds. They "reinvest it in the economy" if there's ever a surplus, e.g., through military contractors. It finances the national debt.
Putting aside the quirks of that setup, the basic function is that the taxes you pay in now are not an investment in your own future, you're basically just paying for the retirement of older people now. The expectation is that someone down the road will then pay taxes to finance your retirement. Hence, how SS was able to start paying benefits almost immediately (3 years) after payroll taxes started being collected.
Money back plus interest. Decades and decades of interest.
ask for your taxes back.
Sorry Elon fired all the help desk.
Fwiw the website is still up and it still says I’ll get my tree fiddy
If he wants a wave of suicide bombers on mobility scooters, he's on the right track.
I'll believe it when I see it, they are to far into the Kool aid.
Yup, they'll cheer him on as they go into bankruptcy, end up living on the streets, and begging for enough change to get a meal.
"Biden should have warned us harder! Harris tricked us! Fuckin leftists(lol) used reverse psychology! Imma MAGA even harder just to get revenge!"
Touch that shit, I fucken dare you.
If it gets out of hand Elmo will be left holding the bag and likely forced out. The Trump admin will continue on like nothing happened, they won't lose an ounce of support, and DOGE will just be a short footnote on our decline to fascism.
They’ll just cut it for anybody under 60 or whatever, and their base will cheer them on.
They’ll just cut it for anybody under 60 or whatever, and their base will cheer them on.
Not if they have been paying into it. At least not unless they get a refund for what they paid into it.
Yessss, anger the old people. Do it. They are the most reliable voting group.
What exactly are you going to do? Cry?
Yes, a lot.
It ain't what the left is going to do that is reason for concern.
https://www.ssa.gov/deposit/T2StateSum_a.htm
https://www.adl.org/resources/report/right-wing-extremist-terrorism-united-states
Musk's head is gonna be on the chopping block if he manages to make 20+ million Americans instantly homeless.
You'd think, Americans are more likely to turn on eachother in an attempt to feed themselves. Look how much billionaires have been screwing them for decades and they'd rather cry about culture war issues and get distracted by drones over NJ. Everything's getting worse but "haha Jon Stewart made funny voices and pulled funny faces he should be president!" There would be organized mass suicides before an #OccupyBillionaires movement, wouldn't be the first time either. Americans are literally hopeless.
No way, a horrible person admits they probably might do something horrible after establishing a strong track record of doing horrible things?! I am SHOCKED. Who could have seen this horrible administration known for doing horrible things doing something horrible like this?
Lets see how the Trumpists react when they notice that their social security checks no longer come and the medicaid no longer pays for their vital medications.
It'll still be the fault of Democrats and the Trans/DEI agenda for burning all the money.
If their supporters were capable of logical thought they wouldn't be their supporters (not saying they'd be Dems, but they definitely wouldn't be supporting these fucks).
Can't logic someone out of something they didn't logic themselves into, and they deffo didn't logic themselves into thinking that trans dei woke liberals were turning the frogs gay.
But but they said they would never do this. Stupid fools.
The people threatening the cuts, or the people who believed them when they said they wouldn’t do that?
Yes.
linking [...] to immigration
Ah, so:
- Gotta cut SS because of immigrants
- Uh oh people really want SS
- Look I saved SS by deporting immigrants
Isn't
thea point of Musk/Doge so that Trump can say, I didn't cut them, Doge did.Assuming he ever cares that much to deflect.
Then no social security tax? Oh I still have to pay that. Great.
Let's pretend he actually does do something to Social Security. There's enough people around him all day that will entirely outraged by this to be safe at any time. Go ahead and try, motherfucker.
If this does not really kick Americans into some gear, then absolutely nothing will.
It'll bite him in the arse, when he's old and unemployed and with no bladder because of the ket
