How profound.
All part of the plan. Now we need a new plan. Once my reparations kick in, I should be good for a few years.
There are no special ‘lockboxes’ for these programs. It's all ‘funded’ from the general revenue - which we know is overspent by billions every year. Actually, the federal budget deficit was recently $1.4 trillion from October through June.
But Christie wants to concentrate on two programs that those who have worked their whole lives have been counting on.
Just another clueless politician.
Social Security is not an “entitlement”. It’s a Ponzi scheme!
He shouldn’t touch Medicare, judging by his size, he’s going to need it sooner than he thinks.
We should be reforming SSDI and SSI immensely. Both are severely abused and amount to at least 25% or more of SS expenditures. SSDI comes completely out of SS funds and SSA administers SSI which is paid from the general fund.
As it is now, SSDI is used mostly as an early SS retirment and SSI is nothing more than federal welfare.
Prediction: One day soon we will see Democrats work to give SS benefits (retroactively) to illegals who have been here working under the table.
Not a winning platform.
Go eat a donut 🍩
How about, before any kind of overhaul, we find out how many illegals, refugees, family members of refugees, etc etc are skimming the system after they go through the disability court for SSI payments. Amazing how the corrupt judges and lawyers have no problem working in unison to get payments for the elderly parents and grandparents of the frauds that made it to America.
After that is dealt with, then we can start going through the disability payments that are being handed out to American’s that have “a bad back”, bad knees, etc etc etc. Crooked ass doctors, lawyers and judges working in concert with each other.
Let that dust settle for a few years and then we can talk about overhauls.
Another one they've already broken is a secure border.
Yet another is our broken justice system.
I could go on, but it begs the question: If the government is failing to honor its basic contracts with the citizenry, then why should Americans pay taxes anymore?
Privatize it. Give us each all the money we put into it, and that our employers put into it on our behalf, for all the years we have worked. I’ll take mine in gold, please. Don’t trust their fiat money any more.
There does need to be an overhaul of entitlement programs.
Just not the ones he’s mentioning. End freebies for college loans and illegal aliens!
The country is bankrupt.
Yet you don’t hear him calling to end unlimited welfare or wars
They call Social Security the “Third Rail of Politics” for a reason.
How is it a risky political position for him? He has no chance of winning.
Google and Bing only link to a long-scroll Christie donation page.
I was trying to find a list of people who endorse Christie in 2024.
Wiki has a list, but I do not know if it is current.
The only names I recognize on the Wiki list...
(1) Adam Kinzinger (voted to impeach Trump - pretended to weep on national TV - did not run for reelection).
(2) Anthony Scaramucci (Trumps Communication Director for one week in 2017)
(3) Steve Cohen (owns the NY Mets - Wall Street player)