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Trump merchandise sold at Fort Bragg for president's speech. The sickening graft continues.
I think it’s the page setters mistake. The article says GRIFT -
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Are Trump anti-immigrant policies part of his plan to hasten the failure of Social Security?
It seems more like it was an attack on US agriculture. Then he TACO'ed, of course. -
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USA Millions Plan “No Kings” Day of Protest as Trump’s Birthday Parade Sparks Backlash
This $200M Elon picked up yesterday should cover the parade. Oh, and most of those 11 million children in America that live below the poverty line are in California, the bluest state in the Union, and the richest. -
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BREAKING NEWS London-Bound Air India Flight Crashes Near Ahmedabad
I disagree. It does seem like they're focusing on power/thrust/engine related issues. -
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Are Trump anti-immigrant policies part of his plan to hasten the failure of Social Security?
There's an argument to be made! The outcome of Trump's anti-immigrant policies, if they're sustained, may be the same in helping to hasten the financial demise of U.S. Social Security and/or lead to major reductions in Social Security payouts to retirees who have earned them -- whether or not that's a conscious/deliberate part of Trump's policies. A late 2024 report below by the right-leaning Bipartisan Policy Center: The Effect of Immigration on Social Security’s Finances "The primary Social Security trust fund is projected to be depleted by 2033 unless Congress acts. At that time, beneficiaries would face an automatic 21% reduction in benefits, threatening the financial security of millions of Americans. [emphasis added] A steadily declining worker-to-beneficiary ratio—the number of workers paying into Social Security compared to the number of beneficiaries—poses a major financial headwind for the program. In the coming years, however, immigration is expected to be the major driver of U.S. population growth and could potentially narrow Social Security’s financing shortfall. [emphasis added]" So how do immigrant workers help the Social Security system financially? --Immigrants make up 19% of the U.S. labor force, but only 14.3% of the total population. This improves the worker-to-beneficiary ratio and helps strengthens Social Security’s payroll-tax base. --Foreign-born workers pay into Social Security at the same rate as others, but have lesser expected Social Security benefits vs. native Americans because the foreign-born tend to have lower lifetime wages and have fewer years of work that counts toward their Social Security benefits. There's also the trend of foreign-born immigrants to return to their native countries once they reach retirement ages, leaving them potentially unable to draw the Social Security benefits they earned. Ya, but what about those pesky "illegals"? The right-leaning BPC report concluded: Unauthorized workers contribute taxes but are ineligible for benefits "In 2022, unauthorized immigrants contributed $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, typically by working under borrowed or fraudulent Social Security numbers. Unauthorized immigrants, however, are ineligible to claim Social Security benefits." [emphasis added] Thus the report found -- immigration has significant relevance to Social Security's financial health and helps financially offset the continuing declines in U.S. birth rates that produce young people who are needed to financially support Social Security. Full report: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/immigration-social-security-solvency/ The Bipartisan Policy Center is a not-for-profit organization that ensures policymakers work across party lines to craft bipartisan solutions. By bringing together Republicans and Democrats—and providing them with the space, policy insights, and evidence-based research they need to negotiate in good faith—we help turn legislators’ best ideas into passable, durable laws. Since 2007, the Bipartisan Policy Center has helped shepherd countless bills across the finish line. So, next time those of you who are cheering Trump's anti-immigrant and deportation raids against both legal and illegal immigrants, you might well be helping imperil the future of your Social Security benefits. -
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