Musk: Kiss Your Social Security Goodbye, Grandma!

[impulse]

14 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Don't worry. 

 

President Stable Jenius is going to up tarrifs on steel from Canada to 50% tomorrow.

 

And about 3 minutes after that announcement, Ontario dropped the 25% surcharge on electricity they're selling to the US.

 

Someone blinked.  And it wasn't the Bad Orange Man.

 

 

[KhunLA]

42 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

I can tell you have never worked in a factory a single day in your entire life.

What you're describing is what we in America call a "sweatshop". 

 

Sweatshops exploit workers with low wages, unsafe conditions, and long hours, prioritizing profit over human rights, often in countries with weak labor protections.

 

And no, our tax system doesn't work like that. 😂

 

People who make more money are not giving to people who make less.

 

False.

 

People who make more money hire accountants so they can pay less taxes than Working Class people like teachers, nurses and firefighters.

 

Why do you think Trump has never showed his taxes?

 

Rich people in America have become freeloaders and bums not pulling their weight. 😭

Yes I have worked in factories, of different types.   Assembly line, and as a machinist.  One paid base + piecework.  One was at or near minimum wage, as were many of my jobs.   The other, machinist, could make as much as I wanted.   Although, was told by coworkers to slow down, as I was making them look bad.   You know, that new employee that produces 50% more at the end of the day, vs the 20+ year more experienced worker with seniority.

 

Yes, the USA tax system works exactly like that. Most, lower 50% pay <4% income tax.  I've paid 40% at times, due to my income.   Those are facts.  When I have to pay more income taxes in one year, than most people make in that year, there is something definitely wrong.

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Hello 1996!

The Silver Spoon Failson with zits Steve Forbes already proposed that.

America's greatest prosperity was the 1950s where tax rates exceeded 90%, very UN flatly.

Flat taxes penalize lower income people.  Duh.

Bad for working class.

So many taxes are flat and they hurt the poor and middle class more.

Congestion pricing.

Gas pump taxes.

Etc, etc, etc.

Successful people should pay more taxes.

They're getting more benefits out of the system.

Of course they should pay more.

Those that are able to do more should do more.

It's the Christian thing to do and just common sense...

 

Don't reckon you greedy selfish amoral people got much of that.

 

Obviously. 😂

 

Flat income taxes burden lower earners proportionally more while reducing tax obligations for the wealthy, increasing inequality and limiting public services that benefit most people.

 

It's as simple as that. ✅

 

Spoken like a true taker of other people's money 😎

[Dan O]

18 hours ago, jas007 said:

That much is obvious.  And supposedly, they're finding so much waste, fraud, and abuse that it blows their mind.  For example, all sorts of Medicare money being sent overseas, even though that's not supposed to be possible.  And some of it to 12-year-olds.  

Post some links to that claim as it will interesting reading 

[BillyBid]

19 hours ago, TedG said:

Trump or must lack the power to cut SS.  

 

Just because they lack the power to cut something doesn't mean they won't do it.  They lack the power to cut the spending of the department of education, but they are doing that anyway. 

 

With the Justice department fully controlled by the Trump admin, there is nobody who will enforce laws anymore.

 

[SiSePuede419]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

Call me a meanie, but I'm in favor of cutting Medicaid benefits to people over 150 years old.

Meanie? 

No. 

You're just a ignorant fool.

Who fell for the joke meme. 

Which is basically a COBALT programming trick.

To indicate an error or incomplete data.

But keep on being you. 

Never learn!

Can't learn you nothing. 🤣

[cdemundo]

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

NO ... myself, would like to see a 'fair' flat tax, across the board.  15-20-25-30%   Everyone pays the same % income tax.

 

People shouldn't be penalized simply for being successful and wanting more.  They earned it, they keep it.

 

You work in a factory, you get $1 for every piece you produce for the day.

... you produce 100 pieces, you get $100

... your co-worker produced 50 pieces, and got $50

... you have to give $25 to your coworker, because you have more

 

There's your tax system ... FAIR ???

Jealous of those who earn less than you.

Sad.

I learned the explanation for the graduated tax rate system in middle school and understood it.

At every earning increment everyone pays the same rate, the rate increases in the higher increments.

 

You still haven't come to terms with graduated tax rates you seem mentally inflexible.

 

[jas007]

1 hour ago, Dan O said:

Post some links to that claim as it will interesting reading 

I read so much stuff everyday, it's hard to remember.  Sometimes,  I do take sort of a mental note of something important. though.  In all likelihood, it came from Elon Musk's team or Marjorie Taylor Green's DOGE subcommittee.  I'm sure if it's true, we'll all hear more about it soon. 

[KhunLA]

17 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Jealous of those who earn less than you.

Sad.

I learned the explanation for the graduated tax rate system in middle school and understood it.

At every earning increment everyone pays the same rate, the rate increases in the higher increments.

 

You still haven't come to terms with graduated tax rates you seem mentally inflexible.

 

Why would I be jealous of someone who prefers not to earn as much as I do?  

 

Understanding the tax rates, doesn't make it a fair tax rate.   Please explain to me, how a flat tax is not a fair tax.

 

Everyone pays, say 25% income tax.  Everyone pays the same 25% = Fair Tax.

Someone paying 5-15% tax vs 25-40% tax on income is not fair.

 

No deductions or write off for any reason.   ALL PAY THE SAME = FAIR

 

Y'all have a nice day

 

 

[John Drake]

21 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

ou see, in the twisted ketamine warped mind of a Billionaire who wears t-shirts to cabinet meetings...

 

Grandma is  "waste", "fraud" and "abuse".

 

She's collecting SS, but not doing any work.

 

That old "fraud" is probably just sitting around the house all day doing 17 different drugs.

 

What a "waste" of resources

 

Big Tech libertarianism at work. Musk, Sacks, and Thiel have fully appropriated whatever populist shell Trump was inhabiting and turned him into a puppet for their grand anarcho-libertarian experiment. Vacant Trump acolytes just nod and agree.

[impulse]

49 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

You're just a ignorant fool.

Who fell for the joke meme. 

Which is basically a COBALT programming trick.

 

You mean COBOL?

 

Who's the ignorant fool?  You obviously heard that, probably from Rachel or Joy.  Because if you knew anything about programming or had seen it in print, you'd know that it isn't COBALT.

 

I'll take Big Ball's word that there's something more to it than a Y2K-ish trick in COBOL.

 

 

[Presnock]

21 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Elon Musk Targets Social Security and Benefits for Cuts, Claiming Widespread Fraud

 

Called it. ✅

 

Trump said he wouldn't touch Social Security Medicare or Medicaid.

 

"Technically true"

 

HIs African Chainsaw Massacre Moron will cut it. 😳

 

You see, in the twisted ketamine warped mind of a Billionaire who wears t-shirts to cabinet meetings...

 

Grandma is  "waste", "fraud" and "abuse".

 

She's collecting SS, but not doing any work.

 

That old "fraud" is probably just sitting around the house all day doing 17 different drugs.

 

What a "waste" of resources.

 

Did Grandma even thank Musk for the wonderful things he's doing?

 

What an ungrateful "abuse" of government resources.

 

That money should be going into Musk's pockets.

 

Get out of Elon's way, Granny.

 

And get your old, feeble hands off Musk's money.😃

 

MARS OR BUST

 

Yeahhe already claims to have found several hundred millions to kids 6-9 years of age and says they should be able save there - not knowons SS, those kids loss a bread winner through death who had paid his ss so his kids now collect.  How about the education department - the govt talked of closing it entirely so now the head of that department says they are willing to cut employees by 50% - does that mean the other 50% weren't actually earning their pay?  who has any idea what the ELON team really consists of and how far Trump is will to let them go,.

[Dan O]

27 minutes ago, jas007 said:

I read so much stuff everyday, it's hard to remember.  Sometimes,  I do take sort of a mental note of something important. though.  In all likelihood, it came from Elon Musk's team or Marjorie Taylor Green's DOGE subcommittee.  I'm sure if it's true, we'll all hear more about it soon. 

Or just more misleading propaganda from that group trying to justify what they are doing. 

[jas007]

33 minutes ago, Dan O said:

Or just more misleading propaganda from that group trying to justify what they are doing. 

Supposedly, that money is going out and someone is receiving it.  I'm sure if there''s anything to it, we'll find out.  Some people seem to think that the money was never really paid, but that the programing language used internally at SSA is coded in such a fashion for the sake of simplicity. COBOL?  

[Dan O]

1 minute ago, jas007 said:

Supposedly, that money is going out and someone is receiving it.  I'm sure if there''s anything to it, we'll find out.  Some people seem to think that the money was never really paid, but that the programing language used internally at SSA is coded in such a fashion for the sake of simplicity. COBOL?  

Cobol because thats all they have when they computerized the SS system. Their is no issue of knowing what was sent and where it went, the issue is the dating in the software has a weird default if the field was empty when they first input the info after going onto it. Think about the ytk2000 issue with dos operating system. The rest especially from MTG is propaganda 

[BillyBid]

1 hour ago, jas007 said:

2 hours ago, Dan O said:

Or just more misleading propaganda from that group trying to justify what they are doing. 

Supposedly, that money is going out and someone is receiving it.  

 

No, this has already been thoroughly debunked as a lie.  Musk never even said the 150 year olds were receiving money, he just said "maybe" they are.  That's what these MAGA types always do when they are tricking you but want to avoid openly lying.  They say "maybe...lie...lie...lie".

 

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/18/musk-150-year-old-social-security

[jas007]

6 minutes ago, BillyBid said:

 

No, this has already been thoroughly debunked as a lie.  Musk never even said the 150 year olds were receiving money, he just said "maybe" they are.  That's what these MAGA types always do when they are tricking you but want to avoid openly lying.  They say "maybe...lie...lie...lie".

 

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/18/musk-150-year-old-social-security

 Of course, Snopes is hardly a credible source for debunking anything. 

[BillyBid]

4 minutes ago, jas007 said:

 Of course, Snopes is hardly a credible source for debunking anything. 

 

Just look at the language your dear leader uses and it's easy for anyone who can think to see the trick he is playing.   He never says they are receiving money.  He just says maybe they are.  Very obviously he would know and state it if they really were receiving money.  

 

 

 

[TedG]

8 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Are you sure? It must be a very good scheme, as I have banked in several Bitcoins at over 65k USD. Today, standing in over 80k. After that, it´s just to lay low and look at signals, go in and buy stock of coins with low value. They usually double themselves in about a week, and just sell again. double the money you know. Not bad for a Ponzi scheme, dude!

Bitcoin was met to be used as an alternative currency.   Now Bitcoin is being treated like an investment.    

[SiSePuede419]

“Why are there 20 million people who are definitely dead marked as alive in the Social Security database?” he asked. “Why were hundreds of millions of dollars of Small Business Administration loans given out to people aged 11 and under? We have an enormous number of people marked alive who are 160.”

 

Lie.  Lie.  Lie.

 

These lies were debunked long ago, but he keeps repeating the lies.

 

Why is someone who people think is "so smart" lying about everything?

 

Can someone tell me that? 😀

 

 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, TedG said:

Bitcoin was met to be used as an alternative currency.   Now Bitcoin is being treated like an investment.    

So, you should have invested then. Now the train has left the station.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

8 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Whose Medicaid benefits are being deeply cut?

 

"Medicaid" plays a crucial role in providing healthcare coverage to low-income individuals, a demographic that is often significant in rural communities. 

But legitimate Medicaid benefits are not being cut...that was my point.

[Liverpool Lou]

6 hours ago, cdemundo said:

Yeah, like "it's a well-known fact" but no actual instances of waste, fraud, and abuse documented.

Plenty of details have been specified and also read out at almost every press briefing!

[SiSePuede419]

On 3/11/2025 at 9:12 PM, TedG said:

You should read this

 

Of course Rich People are against raising the cap.

I already knew that.

 

Rich people are selfish greedy amoral people who don't want to pay a higher % of taxes for SS, even though they can afford the small pittance and would never notice it.

 

Sounds like you don't know any Rich People. 🤣

 

[SiSePuede419]

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

But legitimate Medicaid benefits are not being cut...that was my point.

Another person bad at math.

It's part of the House bill.  They can't get the numbers without cutting it.

Stop believing Trump propaganda.

That moron is bad at math.

He bankrupted a casino.

Gimme a break, Cubby.

I'd recommend you start learning how to do basic algebra.

Math cuts through the Trump-Musk-Putin KGB B.S. like a hot knife through butter. 🤓

 

 

[hotsun]

14 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

What are you on about? If you don´t believe what I post, then up to you. Why wouldn´t I be on a Thai forum. Do you by any chance know that different persons have different interests. One of mine is posting my opinions, reading news and what other people think. What are your excuse for being on this forum? That you are broke, down on luck, lonely and seeking some kind of verification and bound?

Its just funny to me that anyone in a budget destination would boast about being rich

[TedG]

6 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

 

Of course Rich People are against raising the cap.

I already knew that.

 

Rich people are selfish greedy amoral people who don't want to pay a higher % of taxes for SS, even though they can afford the small pittance and would never notice it.

 

Sounds like you don't know any Rich People. 🤣

 

You have a weird view on life.

[Cryingdick]

Well America will be bankrupt in the next 5-10 years so there is that.

[cdemundo]

16 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Meanie? 

No. 

You're just a ignorant fool.

Who fell for the joke meme. 

Which is basically a COBALT programming trick.

To indicate an error or incomplete data.

But keep on being you. 

Never learn!

Can't learn you nothing. 🤣

It's COBOL by the way.

[Gottfrid]

7 hours ago, hotsun said:

Its just funny to me that anyone in a budget destination would boast about being rich

You seem to be very delusional. Do you know our way of living and the living standards we uphold? No, you just don´t have a clue, do you?

Besides that point, judging out of your reply, do you also agree there are no rich foreigners in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, China, Turkey and Albania for only a few examples? That is all budget living places for those who want.

Think it would be better to think, before you make stupid replies.

Based on your view and way of thinking, one might assume that you don´t have much to show then, as you are soo interested in Thailand.