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.
“A firm limit at age seventy makes sense”
Donald Trump, in his book “The America We Deserve”
—> It was published in January 2000! 23 years ago.
Trump and was elected on not changing Social Security.
He did not during 4 years.
He is running again on not changing Social Security.
Who else was there? Never mind the RINOs that didn’t seem to be at first, who were numerous, or do you have some secret knowledge of who they were before they were revealed?
Quit using Reagan. DeSantis is not Reagan.
Have you kept your schlong in your trousers? Has Ron? Do we know for sure about either one of you?
What if we find out you lied?
I am not worried bout being”found out.” Plus, I am not walking around trying to run the world.
Try reading what I was replying to.
Even if Trump were squeaky clean in a moral sense, Bragg would pull the same illegal tricks he’s pulling, not that these 34 phony counts are about Trump’s private life (they aren’t).
Exactly. The cash flow is used for pet causes. The controllers of the media and big tech are behind it.
You’re right. Trump is a complete doosh. But if he gets the nomination I’ll vote for him a 3rd time. Because despite his abundant flaws he’s a million times better than any democrat cretin.
That being said, I hope it’s DeSantis.
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