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Journeyman

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17. If so, they will learn to their bane the purpose of Social Security . . .
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:29 PM
21 hrs ago

is to preserve the social order.

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Yes, it is overwhelming but these billionaires need productivity of others to feed their greed and that is why their in2herbs 23 hrs ago #1
"billionaires need productivity of others" Intractable 22 hrs ago #7
The data suggests otherwise. .... littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #19
So, they are cutting jobs based on the potential impact of future AI. Intractable 16 hrs ago #36
Whoa, cowboy. Nobody is trying to correct anyone. ... littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #38
There will be no billionaires without customers and workers. CBHagman 5 hrs ago #51
So, you are saying there are no billionaires now? Intractable 5 hrs ago #56
they are counting on a bubble and the inevitable privatize profits and socialize losses JT45242 5 hrs ago #52
Fewer workers, Mme. Defarge 9 hrs ago #40
Trump Tax Cuts and BBB created a hole in the budget. bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #2
Transfer of funds lame54 23 hrs ago #3
They've been doing this for 50 years. Ramped it up hard after 9/11 when nobody was looking n/t Cheezoholic 23 hrs ago #4
That's the Bain Capital / Blackrock / vulture capitalist model. Bleed them till they're dry erronis 23 hrs ago #5
firmly capitalist rampartd 17 hrs ago #33
And behind it all popsdenver 3 hrs ago #58
i had thought we were evolving into corporate feudalism rampartd 3 hrs ago #59
And if Democrats win in 26 and/or 28, they will start pointing at it ms liberty 23 hrs ago #6
K&R Auggie 22 hrs ago #8
nothing a return to 90% top tax rate can't fix JMCKUSICK 22 hrs ago #9
I'd be in favor of MUCH more than just that...but its a mandatory first step. Moostache 6 hrs ago #47
The best time to tax a rich peop is after their death questionseverything 5 hrs ago #54
The Two Santa Claus Theory Just Jerome 22 hrs ago #10
Agreed. Completely sickening and evil LymphocyteLover 21 hrs ago #11
They won't be held accountable. They will leave the country. 1WorldHope 21 hrs ago #12
No apologies needed. Wednesdays 19 hrs ago #29
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is what capitalism does. BlueTsunami2018 21 hrs ago #13
They want to privatize every-thing Seinan Sensei 20 hrs ago #22
This is what unregulated, raw capitalism does. wnylib 18 hrs ago #31
George Carlin Whip-poor-will 14 hrs ago #37
It's a big club and we ain't in it! questionseverything 5 hrs ago #55
MAGA is destroying our country more than any foreign enemy could dream of IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #14
Most of the MAGAs don't even understand how they're being used by Chump and the other billionaires FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #15
I have talked to several MAGA dupes... Moostache 6 hrs ago #48
Yep, perfect storm fot these rapists traitors to destroy everything American. bluestarone 3 hrs ago #60
It goes back, way back before project 2025, its called The Two Santas Strategy ImNotGod 21 hrs ago #16
Yes, but the two Santa strategy was more political, imho. Buddyzbuddy 20 hrs ago #25
If so, they will learn to their bane the purpose of Social Security . . . Journeyman 21 hrs ago #17
The talking dollars have spoken: human beings don't matter Ponietz 21 hrs ago #18
YUP, ABSOLUTELY "RIGHT"! It's their secret long-term plan to wreck "socialist" safety net programs, Jack Valentino 21 hrs ago #20
When is the 'sacrosanct' "defense" budget on the block? RT Atlanta 21 hrs ago #21
Absolutely spot on. debsy 20 hrs ago #23
100% the get the rot out reset. Blue Full Moon 20 hrs ago #24
There will be no other choice than to enact extreme taxation policies on the billionaires and if they try to leave the ChicagoTeamster 20 hrs ago #26
i'd go one step farther rampartd 17 hrs ago #34
Rich enid602 20 hrs ago #27
Starve the Beast and shrink it to a size that can be drowned in a bathtub Martin Eden 19 hrs ago #28
add "the 2 santa claus theory" and we get to a $40T republican debt. rampartd 16 hrs ago #35
Wow, reading the comments..... Dan 18 hrs ago #30
In 2010 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 set up a trigger mechanism for automatic mandatory summer_in_TX 18 hrs ago #32
That's exactly their strategy. WestMichRad 9 hrs ago #39
Burning America to the ground has three goals: Botany 9 hrs ago #41
So just spend 80 billion more taxpayer dollars on ice. We're at what 250 billion? Akakoji 7 hrs ago #42
Agreed BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #43
This is ON the Republicans ONLY! Fucking Traitors dave99 7 hrs ago #44
The burn relogic 7 hrs ago #45
Yep and they have done this for decades and decades. Break it & say "gov't doesn't work" themaguffin 6 hrs ago #46
They do this every time Figarosmom 6 hrs ago #49
This has been a strategy since Reagan Quanto Magnus 6 hrs ago #50
Bingo. SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #53
Bingo! BurnDoubt 4 hrs ago #57
Financed by the billionaires..... SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #62
LOCK THE TRAITOR UP -- HE IS WRECKING OUR COUNTRY ON PURPOSE Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #61
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