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Do you understand the concept of constitutional prohibition of ex-postfacto legislation?
They cannot do what they want to do, constitutionally.
Yes I do understand the concept.
They cannot do what they want to do, constitutionally. Well, welcome to 2015! How are you holding up? Good? Me too. Glad to know you are grounded in REALITY and not a wack job.
They cannot do what they want to do, constitutionally.
Actually, they can. And they have done it before.
In the 50's, Congress eliminated Social Security benefits for a small class of people. One guy was already collecting, and was cut off. He sued.
It went all the way to the US Supreme Court. He lost. The Court said that Congress had reserved the power to change Social Security to themselves, without restriction.
You can look up the case: Flemming v. Nestor.
It's why I have been telling everyone: you have no contractual right to Social Security benefits. The only leverage you have is political -- if Congress makes changes to Social Security you don't like, the only recourse you have is to vote against them.
“...They cannot do what they want to do, constitutionally...”
But they do it anyway. They don’t care, and no one is stopping them. Or going to, at this rate.