Posted on 04/05/2023 3:45:32 PM PDT by 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.
Hasn't been true for a while. As to the rest, whatever. Useless vanity.
Reagan managed to talk the Democrats into passing a huge tax cut. Because he could lead and persuade. Trump just bays at the moon.
Fact Check: TRUE
Desantis is definitely the RINO’s choice.... No Thanks!
Actually, to get the max amount you wait until you are 70 already. In essence, they’ve raised it to 70 already, but no one noticed. If you go out at a younger age, you get less.
Yeah thats about the response I’d expect from a knuckle-dragging Trump fan boy.
IBTZ?
No... We need to stop funding other liberal programs out of the SS fund and it would be solvent.
How do you know? He probably does, but why would you reveal your solution so early in the election cycle so the Democrats would have time to lie about it and scare old ladies?
They are so firmly entrenched in the Cult of Trump they can't see past the lips firmly planted on his ass.
Also, why don't you just get out of here? Crass and insulting has never been a part of this place. Old blowhards like you aren't wanted anywhere.
And Trump talked the RINOs into a large tax cut too.
Reagan had the additional leverage of ending the Cold War on his side.
You still going to hold the two men to different standards, on a red-herring basis?
I agree with Wildcard...
7:00 pm on a Wednesday and you're apparently three sheets to the wind.
Must have been that case of Bud Light in the can...
We’re seeing those ads out in Eastern Washington state too, meh.
Amen. You made great points. Social security will be out of money soon. Something needs to be done. Making fun of a serious topic isn’t helpful. Trump does this and it’s very annoying.
Show your work.
Well said....
More fundamentally all the votes the commercial talks about were just preliminary budget resolutions that included provisions related to social security and Medicare and were subject to further negotiation and revision. Lots of Republicans voted for them and lots of Dems voted for them as well.
Hahahhaha!
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