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WarGamer

(18,830 posts)

20. SS cuts are not on the table for current recipients.

Reply to geekboy009 (Reply #18)

Sun Nov 10, 2024, 12:07 AM

Nov 2024

I've been watching it because my Mom is on it... and I'm just a few years away.

It's the third rail, won't be tounched.

More likely MAYBE we see the age bumped from 67 to 69 for those born after 1989 or something like that.

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As much as I would love to leave the USA, I financially can't [View all] geekboy009 Nov 2024 OP

Same here. maveric Nov 2024 #1

Good advice geekboy009 Nov 2024 #3

I gave up on FL, my native sate after 2002 and left permanently JCMach1 Nov 2024 #2

My goal now is to make Florida a swing state again geekboy009 Nov 2024 #4

Not Going To Happen For Several Decades SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #26

You'll be at it for a long time. Mariana Nov 2024 #32

Where did you go? I've thought about leaving but where to go and will a blue state stay blue? Deuxcents Nov 2024 #6

Please don't leave geekboy009 Nov 2024 #10

Yeah..my family has been here for over a hundred years now..still have lots of family here Deuxcents Nov 2024 #11

When you think about it, trump did three points worse than desantis geekboy009 Nov 2024 #13

🤗 Deuxcents Nov 2024 #16

Dubai in 2003... Then moved to TX in JCMach1 Nov 2024 #12

How do we fix that image? geekboy009 Nov 2024 #14

My last involvement with the party was 2003 JCMach1 Nov 2024 #21

Yeah, but Texas? My son lives near San Antonio Deuxcents Nov 2024 #19

Nikki Fried contact info.. Deuxcents Nov 2024 #5

Thank you geekboy009 Nov 2024 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2024 #7

Thank you geekboy009 Nov 2024 #9

Your SS won't be cut. WarGamer Nov 2024 #15

Elon Musk is proposing a two trillion cut to the federal budget geekboy009 Nov 2024 #18

SS cuts are not on the table for current recipients. WarGamer Nov 2024 #20

Musk isn't a member of Congress Kaleva Nov 2024 #25

My sister has used the same independent agent for years for Medicare advice and enrollment. She has an Advantage Plan. hamsterjill Nov 2024 #28

I'm on SSDI XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #43

Don't worry. Most people declaring their intent on social media won't leave Sympthsical Nov 2024 #17

Well what if the country you lived in turned into an authoritarian country geekboy009 Nov 2024 #22

To be honest Sympthsical Nov 2024 #23

I mean this country just elected an authoritarian for a second time geekboy009 Nov 2024 #24

Festival of anxiety? Cirsium Nov 2024 #31

Depends on what people focus on Sympthsical Nov 2024 #41

This is it Cirsium Nov 2024 #47

A lot of my ancestors left their countries of origin. Mariana Nov 2024 #33

So did mine Sympthsical Nov 2024 #40

Well i don't blame folks wanting to leave geekboy009 Nov 2024 #42

Not every immigrant to the US was starving. Mariana Nov 2024 #48

That depends Cirsium Nov 2024 #29

To anybody wanting to leave this country EnergizedLib Nov 2024 #27

I would never abandon my country to fascists Skittles Nov 2024 #30

That really isn't fair to accuse people choie Nov 2024 #34

and cutting and running solves that Skittles Nov 2024 #49

So it has ever been. Mariana Nov 2024 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Nov 2024 #36

Not leaving DemonGoddess Nov 2024 #37

I agree geekboy009 Nov 2024 #38

Most people cannot afford to leave. MineralMan Nov 2024 #39

Very true geekboy009 Nov 2024 #44

I'm staying and making a big GenThePerservering Nov 2024 #45

I foolheartedly agree; geekboy009 Nov 2024 #46