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haele

(15,745 posts)
4. Lol. It's total propaganda.
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 12:04 PM
Jul 2025

Vague advertising language.
The real message should be "You might be one of the lucky duckies that are 90% of the Social Security beneficiaries we feel we are legally committed to - which are the current elderly workers without any other pensions whose employers paid into the system, and their spouses - that's to say, Grandpa and Grandma."

For everyone else that's not getting Social Security retirement...well, trust them. That's the next be calm, we aren't really picking your pockets and leaving you working saps to starve in the streets email to people not yet collecting SSI - "In the future, we have plans to maximise the money you and your employer already put in".

Also, the email only discussed the elderly. What about the disabled recipients and dependent survivors? And what about Medicare?

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It's not true. And SSA should NOT be wasting OUR money sending out polticial propaganda. CousinIT Jul 2025 #1
Not true. Lies and propaganda. Lots of du posts and msm posts. cbabe Jul 2025 #2
It's definitely hyperbole and lies. However, it is true that less people will pay tax on SS. Ain't much of a savings Silent Type Jul 2025 #3
Some people will pay less tax. RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #6
More people will pay less tax. That's a fact. Other people -- who make very high income -- will continue to pay tax. Silent Type Jul 2025 #8
I agree that its rhetorical effectiveness is limited. (SS tax deduction) RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #13
This is a reduction SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #15
Yes, it does impact the trust fund, RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #16
Thank you for the correction! SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #17
Very disappointed in our Dems on this issue gulliver Jul 2025 #20
Lol. It's total propaganda. haele Jul 2025 #4
Yes we received an email like that and Dan Jul 2025 #5
Propaganda. I just deleted it. MineralMan Jul 2025 #7
I got it also. Trump propaganda, like when he signed Ilsa Jul 2025 #9
Unless you made more that 22k or something in addition to Klarkashton Jul 2025 #10
I'm retired but my spouse is still working MichMan Jul 2025 #11
I got the same thing, seems it's from the legit SSA site. TheBlackAdder Jul 2025 #12
I deleted it. roamer65 Jul 2025 #14
I am almost positive the Social Security Administration never PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2025 #18
Big Balls has been busy... Hugin Jul 2025 #19
I got the same email LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #21
I got it, too. It's bullshit. Every arm of the government is now a propaganda machine for Dear Leader. Vinca Jul 2025 #22
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