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bigmonk

(114 posts)
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 09:37 AM Jul 2024

Working class Republicans

I overheard a diatribe that a young man was giving as I walked across my backyard. He was very upset at the Democrats in general and socialism in particular. The government was giving away his money. Our party has stopped defending the highly defensible. Social Security is the backbone for care of the elderly. It provides the care that older, poorer people need to survive as they age. I can't imagine anything crueler than dismantling Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. It would lead to the annihilation of generation of Americans and we are obligated to defend it so the right of elderly have a means to exist.

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Working class Republicans (Original Post) bigmonk Jul 2024 OP
You were waling across your backyard when you heard this? Was he in your yard/next door? brush Jul 2024 #1
Do these "Working Class Republicans" have Aging parents or grandparents? ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2024 #2
if you get the opportunity onethatcares Jul 2024 #3
And disabled Americans XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #4
Where do they think they'll live... lame54 Jul 2024 #5
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
1. You were waling across your backyard when you heard this? Was he in your yard/next door?
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 09:45 AM
Jul 2024

How did this happen? Is he a neighbor?

I agree with the rest of the post. Social Security is vital to the elderly.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,691 posts)
2. Do these "Working Class Republicans" have Aging parents or grandparents?
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 09:47 AM
Jul 2024

Collecting Social Security and Medicare? Want to bet they do.

onethatcares

(16,971 posts)
3. if you get the opportunity
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 10:08 AM
Jul 2024

ask him how he'll pay for his first cancer operation after he's out of the workforce and no longer covered by his companies insurance.

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