To: 6thavenue
Put everybody at the risk of the stock market. Bush proposed that and it went down in flames. Polls said even Republican voters opposed it. The GOP establishment has to stop fighting Socisl Security and start defending it, as Trump has said again and again. It’s an American program for the retirement security of Americans. An American first platform would defend it, as Trump has said. Any other policy will consign the GOP to perpetual political defeat.
If the stock market is where they choose to invest, yes. That should be their choice. SS is not "American", except in the fact that America currently has it.
The only reason it's even "Constitutional" is because the Supreme Court had already caved to FDR's court-packing threats. Or perhaps you can point out the part of the Constitution that gives the power to do this to FedGov?
And even if it was truly Constitutional, it shouldn't be mandatory - citizens should be able to decide to participate or not. And those that don't can talk to their employer about a 6.2% raise based on stopping their employer-side SS taxes.
To: Svartalfiar; Wuli
When Biden starts his 2024 reelection campaign by saying that Republicans want to end Social Security, please don’t be among those Freepers who protest that he’s “smearing” the GIP - because you clearly DO want to end Social Security. At least when it comes to Republicans like you (and Ryan and Romney) Biden and the Dems are telling the truth, unfortunately.
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