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liberalla

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125. But Magats need their SS check too! Most aren't wealthy and don't have reserve dollars to live off of...

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #120)

Sun Mar 9, 2025, 05:47 PM

Mar 2025

They are waiting for that check every month too!

They're watching the calendar for when it will be deposited... waiting for it so they can pay bills and buy groceries.
The stoppage of SS payments will hurt everyone of every political affiliation!

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What do we HONESTLY BELIEVE the reaction will be if Musk shuts down SS payments for 73,000,000 Americans? [View all] Miles Archer Mar 2025 OP

K&R spanone Mar 2025 #1

I have no idea creon Mar 2025 #2

Not Be Much Of A Reaction? WiVoter Mar 2025 #12

Really? MiHale Mar 2025 #34

Are you fricken serious? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2025 #43

You would Rebl2 Mar 2025 #54

AND KILL EVERY SENIOR WHO LOSES THEIR SS CHECK. This is the goal: the more that die, the more $$$ to pillage. usaf-vet Mar 2025 #70

And a lot of them would be those who voted for Been A Dick Donald who thought that his MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2025 #74

Yup. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #78

Damn straight bdamomma Mar 2025 #131

Are you kidding ? kacekwl Mar 2025 #55

Seriously Rebl2 Mar 2025 #58

Are you kidding? ChazInAz Mar 2025 #61

I'm going to agree with you - it's the boiled frog thing. alcuno Mar 2025 #69

Sad that you actually believe that there wouldn't be a massive outcry from the public. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2025 #76

Of course I could be wrong alcuno Mar 2025 #123

Look at everything they have accepted and still voted for him pattyloutwo Mar 2025 #128

Boiled Frog? ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #83

Um, no. yardwork Mar 2025 #73

What?! berksdem Mar 2025 #80

... at first, a couple of weeks for protest a month for riots uponit7771 Mar 2025 #87

Maybe creon Mar 2025 #121

I disagree. Grandma will walk down and set the county courthouse on fire. Volaris Mar 2025 #111

I guarantee orangecrush Mar 2025 #112

If there is creon Mar 2025 #119

You're WRONG Cha Mar 2025 #124

Well.put, Cha! Just imagine the effect. It's not like most SS Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2025 #142

I'll be out on the Street and so will many Cha Mar 2025 #143

You have the makings of a new bumper sticker/meme, Cha! Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2025 #144

We Need Miracles, Stormy! And, I'm UP for Cha Mar 2025 #145

I am so with you!!! Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2025 #146

Post removed Post removed Mar 2025 #3

The sarcasm emoticon is here and available for a reason. Kindly use it... hlthe2b Mar 2025 #6

And that IS the MAGA talking point. Miles Archer Mar 2025 #8

Sadly, sarcasm too often goes over the heads of those who need to get it the most. elocs Mar 2025 #27

Kindly explain then to us (apparently) dumb DUERS how THAT is funny, witty, or anything else... hlthe2b Mar 2025 #35

The jury got it. William769 Mar 2025 #46

My reaction is the same as yours. William769 Mar 2025 #22

Wow 😲 Emile Mar 2025 #25

The MAGAts among those 73M will blame Democrats and DEI Orrex Mar 2025 #4

When seniors can't pay for food, rent or meds and that affects their children - if they have any - coupled with the NoMoreRepugs Mar 2025 #5

Oh, I think if that happens and the offspring of parents affected end up having to bring Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Uncle Texin Mar 2025 #101

I have 3 family members... bamagal62 Mar 2025 #108

I'll be taking the truck to DC.. cayugafalls Mar 2025 #7

Kind of like the Bonus Army in 1932.. LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #9

Hang in there and glad you mentioned the Bonus Army. We really could use appalachiablue Mar 2025 #45

Me too. Plan B is to get arrested on fed charges. Luz Mar 2025 #40

You know, not a bad idea.. My kin came over to BCA in 1532 from England. I wonder if they would deport me? LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #57

I guess that's one option. Texin Mar 2025 #103

Certainly not obedient acceptance no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #10

My speculation Abstractartist Mar 2025 #11

What I can't get past is that hurting 72,000,000 Americans in ONE SHOT is pretty damned unprecedented. Miles Archer Mar 2025 #17

Um, 104 millions Americans did NOT die of COVID Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #28

I did a Google search and obviously had a bad source... Miles Archer Mar 2025 #41

It appears the actual number of Americans who died of COVID was around 1.2 million Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #48

You might want to check those Covid death numbers. MineralMan Mar 2025 #30

Uhhh, I don't think 104 million Americans have died of Covid. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2025 #33

Please see my reply above. I got a bad source on a Google search and edited my comment. n/t Miles Archer Mar 2025 #42

This is what I advocate, to publish the names of every one of these doge asshats constantly, make sure that they SWBTATTReg Mar 2025 #127

Smoke and ashes. Not just a great song by Tracy Chapman. miyazaki Mar 2025 #13

Even right now aren't Teslas and charging stations being destroyed ? JI7 Mar 2025 #14

They are, but I assume protesters would get closer to the source Miles Archer Mar 2025 #20

Americans are soft. In other countries you might see wheelchair barricades JanMichael Mar 2025 #15

If they steal Social Security from me it will take a few months but I'll be homeless. elocs Mar 2025 #16

I literally cannot work. I had cancer surgery last October. Miles Archer Mar 2025 #24

I'm sorry to hear that. Fortunately for me, I am in good physical shape, maybe better than elocs Mar 2025 #52

There will be violence. bobhuntsman Mar 2025 #18

Without a doubt Ferryboat Mar 2025 #37

A lot of clumsy attempts will kacekwl Mar 2025 #64

And those who stand in the way Frasier Balzov Mar 2025 #117

He/she only has to be lucky ONCE DinahMoeHum Mar 2025 #94

If they need money, magats will just use their guns to rob everyone. nt Comrade Citizen Mar 2025 #19

We won't even have to think about having a reaction. LuckyCharms Mar 2025 #21

I keep a "cushion" of about $100 a month for emergencies. Miles Archer Mar 2025 #26

I do the same. Direct deposit hits in the early morning hours. LuckyCharms Mar 2025 #32

This is the answer ms liberty Mar 2025 #50

Absolutely, people who still trust Putins Puppet will wait for a fix but the economy wont uponit7771 Mar 2025 #88

This. AND Putler will celebrate his long-term plan's VICTORY. Justice matters. Mar 2025 #118

So true. Millions of people will affect the economy. Maybe as much as the pandemic did. What allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #122

Eloon the Nazi will immediately increase his bodyguard staff by at least 10-fold. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2025 #23

He "reportedly" is already wearing a Kevlar vest... Miles Archer Mar 2025 #29

Do you think his whelp Aviation Pro Mar 2025 #65

A decent sniper could get it done w/o harming the boy. Just say'in. NotHardly Mar 2025 #91

Won't be enough. kacekwl Mar 2025 #68

Oh,I think there will be hell to pay! lark Mar 2025 #31

And 72,000,000 people won't be buying anything Miles Archer Mar 2025 #36

I'm not trying to pick on you, but I thought your points are stronger if your numbers Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #60

$20 million so Krasnov (R - Felon) could go to the Super Bowl? BoRaGard Mar 2025 #38

Breaking down what Trump's Super Bowl trip cost taxpayers Miles Archer Mar 2025 #44

Rampages against offices with understaffed and overwhelmed SS employees wishstar Mar 2025 #39

Some of those... littlemissmartypants Mar 2025 #75

More than I realized including Greenville NC, Franklin NC and Roanoke Rapids NC wishstar Mar 2025 #84

I scrolled through the list - it's death by a thousand cuts. QED Mar 2025 #109

The economy will suffer and it will be broken Norbert Mar 2025 #47

Ain't gonna happen. Too many GOPers on SS, and their younger kids will protest having to pay for mom/grandma's care. Silent Type Mar 2025 #49

Mass protests, I'd say, and what follows won't be good. Joinfortmill Mar 2025 #51

There wouldn't be anyone able to repair the damage. rubbersole Mar 2025 #100

What would happen? Gary 50 Mar 2025 #53

Fires. I am betting on fires. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #56

The economy would collapse with a thud. Ocelot II Mar 2025 #59

Collapsing the economy is the goal questionseverything Mar 2025 #129

Total pandemonium and an economic disaster of biblical proportions. paleotn Mar 2025 #62

Exactly. Kid Berwyn Mar 2025 #85

The state of Florida.... Butterflylady Mar 2025 #63

SS Hogart Mar 2025 #66

I think, though that SS is too immediate to too many citizens GenThePerservering Mar 2025 #140

Could be the prelude to Martial Law. BBbats Mar 2025 #67

That's my guess Metaphorical Mar 2025 #81

This will affect disability payments too WhiteTara Mar 2025 #71

It will lead to...... Jughead Mar 2025 #72

I am afraid... Escape Mar 2025 #77

Social Security rso Mar 2025 #79

A lot of old people performatively trying to rob banks Ocelot II Mar 2025 #82

Or sadly become a "suicide by cop" victim... hlthe2b Mar 2025 #107

I wouldn't want to be seen driving a Nazi Mobile that's for sure. the_liberal_grandpa Mar 2025 #86

It's not just the people who receive these checks, it's all the businesses that their money gets spent on. patphil Mar 2025 #89

Blame Biden, Obama and Clinton. DetlefK Mar 2025 #90

It will be a genuine shitshow. Martin68 Mar 2025 #92

People will get pissed and it will settle down. Americans have no interest in doing anything that is hard Autumn Mar 2025 #93

Pitchforks & torches. CaptainTruth Mar 2025 #95

Todays world it is Glocks and AR-15s mackdaddy Mar 2025 #139

More likely it will be in stages IronLionZion Mar 2025 #96

For their grandmas & elders, long haul truckers will blockade major highways to affect the economy, I believe. ancianita Mar 2025 #97

I think a generalized national strike would be in order. hadEnuf Mar 2025 #98

Spoken truth to power. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2025 #99

Retirees melm00se Mar 2025 #102

Republicans are expert liars, so if, by any chance, they really do this...... DFW Mar 2025 #104

If that happens the reality is that the country would go into an immediate recession/depression. The millions who live JohnSJ Mar 2025 #105

When people have nothing left to lose, Fil1957 Mar 2025 #106

Geezers in the streets! Bayard Mar 2025 #110

They will blame Democrats, of course NameAlreadyTaken Mar 2025 #113

Major protests/strikes and if it's not immediately resolved, Uncle Joe Mar 2025 #114

From the DOGE table, I get AnnaLee Mar 2025 #115

I think magasses would finally wake up ecstatic Mar 2025 #116

MAGAts will support it. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2025 #120

But Magats need their SS check too! Most aren't wealthy and don't have reserve dollars to live off of... liberalla Mar 2025 #125

I don't disagree, but they'll be talked into supporting it almost instantly. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2025 #126

I still don't agree. My experience is they are fine with *other* people getting hurt, but liberalla Mar 2025 #133

I purposely avoid food shopping on the first few days of a month kimbutgar Mar 2025 #130

Grandpa "Luigi" might have something to say IzzaNuDay Mar 2025 #132

Honestly? Confusion at first. haele Mar 2025 #134

I hope it will be 73 m and more shutting down the country and pouring into the streets etc. Meowmee Mar 2025 #135

The disinformation will be off the charts. 99MainSt Mar 2025 #136

You ain't gonna take our draw! Thunderbeast Mar 2025 #137

This message was self-deleted by its author Thunderbeast Mar 2025 #138

The MAGAts will blame Democrats. MAGAt voters like my shockingly ignorant relatives will believe & repeat it. Nt CousinIT Mar 2025 #141