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Girard442

(6,872 posts) Fri Feb 14, 2025, 01:38 PM Feb 2025

Y'know, if Social Security and Medicare suddenly were hit by deep cuts... [View all]

...My ability to survive goes to zero. There would be many, many others just like me.

Suppose Mump is prepared to deal with an army of pissed off people with nothing to lose?

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Y'know, if Social Security and Medicare suddenly were hit by deep cuts... [View all] Girard442 Feb 2025 OP

There would be tens of millions like you/me, and a whole lot of them voted for trump. That's why it's highly unlikely. Silent Type Feb 2025 #1

May Day riots at The Villages. sop Feb 2025 #2

Golf cart covoys Wicked Blue Feb 2025 #3

walkers enid602 Feb 2025 #7

Double whammy enid602 Feb 2025 #4

If I'm left with nothing to lose C_U_L8R Feb 2025 #5

nationalize enid602 Feb 2025 #8

And I've Said This Over & Over..... BBbats Feb 2025 #13

The last few weeks have been making a lot of people desperate, angry, and afraid. Gore1FL Feb 2025 #6

Id be homeless XanaDUer2 Feb 2025 #9

Same New Breed Leader Feb 2025 #15

I'm not living on the streets XanaDUer2 Feb 2025 #16

I know that's right New Breed Leader Feb 2025 #21

Nope...it'd be off to a federal prison somewhere. Luz Feb 2025 #17

Please don't do that, never say that. Dan Feb 2025 #20

Remember the COVID lesson. AnnaLee Feb 2025 #10

my check made it this month Tickle Feb 2025 #11

To paraphrase Michael Jordan DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2025 #12

I see a lot of Luigis out there. aocommunalpunch Feb 2025 #14

What do you think happens to the Economy-Stock Market Ars Longa Feb 2025 #18

I suggest when this happens, we spend our last $ on a trip to DC and hang out on the steps of the capitol 0rganism Feb 2025 #19