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JoseBalow

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41. Welfare

Reply to Emile (Reply #25)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 10:52 PM

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BREAKING: Elon Musk called Social Security "the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time" in an interview with Joe Rogan. [View all] Celerity Mar 2025 OP

2 words bdamomma Mar 2025 #1

Well said! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #2

Every time he has to answer a question he sounds like a middle school kid enough Mar 2025 #20

You are Rebl2 Mar 2025 #3

Ponzi Schenes Don't... ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #4

I think we are in a Kurt Vonnegut novel. mn9driver Mar 2025 #11

So comically bad it's more like a Ron Goulart novel -- set on Murdstone, in the Barnum System. eppur_se_muova Mar 2025 #15

Seriously?!! yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #21

CBO's 2024 Long-Term Projections for Social Security Celerity Mar 2025 #14

Not Understanding Your Point ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #22

But pretty much all that could be solved if they taxed billionaires at the same rate as they tax Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #24

Right? He's a moron! I guess when you inherit an emerald mine, you don't need Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #23

+1 dalton99a Mar 2025 #35

Social Security is the government caring for its people. Aussie105 Mar 2025 #5

Another way to look at it: It's Americans taking care of ourselves through the instrument of government Dave says Mar 2025 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Mar 2025 #6

Did Elon say that before or after he said, "Let them eat cake?" nt allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #7

Well, we know what that led to. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2025 #16

Dems need to use this endlessly Raven123 Mar 2025 #9

Just another government program he doesn't understand. QED Mar 2025 #10

Elon Starvo Blofeld Initech Mar 2025 #12

Ponzi schemes don't have to stop paying out if the shareholder dies. eppur_se_muova Mar 2025 #13

It's only a Ponzi scheme Progressive dog Mar 2025 #17

Sounds like it's time for a tax increase, but solely for Elon Muskrat, to secure our social security even SWBTATTReg Mar 2025 #18

It's the Right's favorite perjorative when it comes to Social Security. GoCubsGo Mar 2025 #19

If SS is a ponzi scheme, what is SpaceX? Emile Mar 2025 #25

Welfare JoseBalow Mar 2025 #41

The uninformed sucker doesn't know what he's talking about. We're to take his word that everyone is living... brush Mar 2025 #26

I think he's a bigger asshole than Trump alarimer Mar 2025 #27

He really is. And far more destructive. dalton99a Mar 2025 #34

No... Crapto is a ponzi scheme. Hugin Mar 2025 #28

Hey Muskrat Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2025 #29

Three things: milestogo Mar 2025 #30

it is literally one of the most successful fed programs of all time and has slashed senior poverty since inception. Is wiggs Mar 2025 #31

HIS azz is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time. B.See Mar 2025 #32

Deport that Nazi parasite. dalton99a Mar 2025 #33

Says the man who invests in crypto currency! waterwatcher123 Mar 2025 #36

Funny how it's only the grifters boonecreek Mar 2025 #37

It Is No Surprise Baron2024 Mar 2025 #38

Kick dalton99a Mar 2025 #39

If I were a Dem Billionaire I'd play that clip with no comment on every right wing nut job station, blog, website and MLAA Mar 2025 #40

This is what happens when you don't eat the rich JoseBalow Mar 2025 #42

Entitled, foreign mother f'er... JCMach1 Mar 2025 #43