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Mack's avatar

What Republicans/MAGA plan to do is put the Social Security funds into the stock market. That way hedge funds will have trillions of dollars to gamble with. The hedge fund oligarchs will be rewarded nicely. Once the oligarchs crash the economy like they did in 2008, they can buy low and move the shares to their bank accounts like they did in 2008 and also get a bail out from the federal government like in 2008. Then when the Democrats, ten years later, repair the economy the oligarchs shares are now worth trillions again. Social Security recipients will just have to eat the losses. There will be no bail out for social security receipients, they will have their social security checks cut to the bone and have to make due for 10 years waiting for the economy to be repaired.

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Robot Bender's avatar

That's my read, too. I think you're optimistic to think that the Democratic Party is ever going to see power again. Sham elections and oligarchs will prevent it. It may take a Civil War to break their hold. This is like the last few turns of a Monopoly game.

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Jan08's avatar

Well I'll be fucking homeless. Along with many many people in my generation. The baby boomers!

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