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pnwmom

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2. They've already decided to dismantle the system, which is why they're manufacturing

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Fri Aug 1, 2025, 03:20 PM

Aug 2025

the "emergency" that will hit us in a few years. Instead of shoring up SS by lifting the income ceiling for the SS tax, or extending the tax to non-salary income, they're deporting young people who've been paying into it, and wrecking our economy with the tariffs.

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How Trump's immigration and tariff policies are damaging Social Security trust funds. [View all] pnwmom Aug 2025 OP

The looming SS deficit has been in every SS Trustee Report for years. Obama tried to do something and was bashed Silent Type Aug 2025 #1

They've already decided to dismantle the system, which is why they're manufacturing pnwmom Aug 2025 #2