Trump is a hack

Vanity

[bigdaddy45]

So I just saw the Trump commercial re: Desantis. He accuses Desantis of wanting to cut Medicare funding among other things. All dark and foreboding in black and white (of course). And here's my favorite part: "Desantis even voted to raise the retirement age to 70"!!

Anyone even halfway responsible who looks at the Social Security trust fund numbers knows the retirement age will have to be lifted. Americans are living longer. There's no other option. Well, there is one other option -- raising SS taxes and/or raising or eliminating the income cap. Both Democrat solutions.

Of course Trump has no proposed solution to this problem. He just promises us a "big beautiful Social Security System" with no details as to how that will happen, and takes shots at anyone having the courage to vote for real solutions. For those of us who are small government conservatives (which used to constitute the majority of Free Republic), Trump is showing his true feathers as just another big government Democrat. Which he used to be.

Solving our fiscal problems and at least slowing down our journey to the financial cliff will require straight talk and courage. When it comes to the budget, Trump has demonstrated neither. The deficit continued to skyrocket during his tenure, and he couldn't sign the stimulus checks fast enough. He even baited Biden because his checks weren't as big as Trump's were.

So if you believe in smaller government and fiscal restraint, and are a Trump supporter, you're being played. He's just trying to buy your vote with your money like the rest of them. In other words, he's the latest in a long line of Presidents who are no-courage hacks.

Of course his supporters will come out of the woodwork throwing rocks. They won't refute or debate any of these points. They'll just rant about MAGA this or Desanctimonious that. They are so firmly entrenched in the Cult of Trump they can't see past the lips firmly planted on his ass.

[Robert DeLong]

Again, the president doesn't have much say over a budget. Elected members from both houses of Congress should have been impeached, or a perhaps a constitutional convention should have been called. Congress wasn't about to control themselves, because they derive power with an ever expanding congressional authority they usurp, and a constitutional convention may or may not have fixed the problem.

You see, a representative republic relies on good honest people to make it work for the people, instead of becoming corrupted by powerful people who can keep getting themselves elected & reelected for decades upon decades.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Trump did NOTHING, LOL, LOL, LOL put your bong down you have had enough!!!

[central_va]

All goverment spending is inflationary. There is no sense picking on SS, the only benefit the working class ever expects to get. A lot of tired old blue collar workers get screwed by country club Republican politics.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

OMG live kitty Viking hat way to cute!!!

[38special]

We should just end it altogether

[Fury]

Again, the president doesn't have much say over a budget.

Of course he does. He can veto the budget.

[cowboyusa]

He didn't have to take us off the Gold Standard, He CHOSE to. And we are still paying for it, literally.

[Enlightened1]

By raising the age to 70 they are hoping you die before you can cash it in. You do understand if you die before you collect your Social Security that money is gone? If a private company did this, then they would be shut down for fraud.

President Trump wants Social Security to keep its word. The money was spent by the congress. They need to cut out entitlements and all the other pork before they think of cutting Social Security.

[Big Red Badger]

How to Make FRiends——?—
-—then Judas

[Bikkuri]

I recommend you use “view page source” of that list, then copy/paste it to your notepad. That way, it will include all of the HTML coding that I put in there.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Advocating for raising the retirement age when we spend billions on less essential items in the USA on a daily basis? Stupidest f***ing political position I’ve ever heard.

[Bikkuri]

In this day and age, it is all that much more important to keep all the information possible, before it is wiped completely.

[Jim Noble]

“Didn’t that candidate get Watergated?”

Yup.

[Delta 21]

[Enlightened1]

Oh look it's a Provocateur or at best a ReCUCKlican...

 

I smell a Bushy...

[central_va]

Yes, the forward looking wing of the Republican Party that advocates for no minimum wage, increasing the income tax, higher interest rates, decreasing tariffs, elimination of SS and MC. Yes, we want them in charge now don't we.

[John S Mosby]

Floridians all know who the Bushie machine is— well known. Rove is under contract, and JEB! is quite active in the scenery. My work? 9 generations of FL pioneers know who is who. Take it or leave- and also, am upset that DeSantis is being McCained. He will see the light at some point. He has huge national potential.

[jimfr]

” Americans are living longer.”
I just read here today that the expected life has decreased since Covid and after Covid.

[John S Mosby]

Not possible— it has to be taken apart. Broken apart. Disassembled.

[Bikkuri]

"The female lead android is one HOT robot!"

Lol.. I was considering screenshotting her and posting..