I agree there is nothing in this for retirees except for a halt to the funding of their Social Security and Medicare. Impact to the deficit aside, what kind of ads to you think the Democrats will come up with over that?
But, if there are going to be ads, let me think...
The ads will have to come from either the Biden campaign or from PACs. If Biden runs ads, he'll have a hard time defending whatever he's asked about them, and that will change the narrative away from whatever the ads were accusing. Biden has a long record of voting. Anything Biden says will be taken as the DNC platform for November. He's sure to mangle that all up to the point where it becomes worthless. And he's in bigger trouble if he starts taking positions against his long-established voting record.
If the ads come from a DNC PAC, I think they will be addressing seniors (assumed to be fearful of having their social security benefits cut) who are currently more afraid of the Democrats' radical left-wing agenda. Most of what the seniors lived through are things the Democrats are now calling racist and hateful. Violence in the cities are making seniors afraid to go outside. The Green Agenda will make things more expensive for seniors on a fixed income.
I think that ads targeting the seniors will more likely push the towards President Trump than away from him.
-PJ
Covid is reducing social security outlays. Savings can be shared with workers temporarily.