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beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
1. the ploy by trump to create generational voter war
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:25 AM
Sep 2020

So the tactic of deferring FICA taxes started yesterday and the wording is these taxes will have to be paid back starting Jan 1, 2021 is NOTHING but cheap ploy by trump/GOP to create a generational voting war between the under 55 and over 55 voters. Their belief is the younger voters will vote for trump and GOP so the FICA tax goes away permanently and SS and Medicare/SSI are permanently shutdown. AARP and their 40 MILLION members will be fully educated as well as the ads that will run by democratic superPAcs across states with significant over 55 populations. This is why we see significant leads for Biden in Arizona and going lead in Florida.

This is pure example how trump/GOP live in a bubble. They actually think that 10's of millions of senior voters who vote trump/GOP are going to cut their own throats? You think their kids want to HAVE to take MOM and Dad in and support them and PAY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS or let them die?

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