Summary
At the first meeting of the DOGE Caucus, a new congressional group focused on government efficiency, Republican Rep. Greg Lopez stated that cuts to Social Security and Medicare are likely “on the table” as part of debt reduction efforts.
The caucus, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to slash government spending, raising concerns among advocacy groups about potential attacks on anti-poverty programs.
Critics, including Social Security Works, warn the caucus may push for privatization and benefit reductions.
This comes despite Trump’s prior commitment to protect these programs.
Friendly reminder that Social Security is a separate government program that funds itself.
What Musk is talking about is stealing from Social Security in order to cut taxes elsewhere (namely cutting taxes for people like Musk).
Remember, we fucking paid for social security. It’s not government pork. It’s ours.
Don’t worry, you’ll continue to pay for it. You’ll probably even pay more.
The cuts are just for the people receiving it. They’ll lose money. Which means you’ll lose even more in the future.
A majority of young people agree on what the right course of action is here. Remember to leave your phone at home. Don’t talk to the police.
Up, it has a surplus. Government ‘borrows’ from the pool to pay for stuff. When they say they’re making cuts, what they mean is they don’t intend to pay the debt.
No, it’s theirs. They’re going to take it and we’re just going to let them because we are cowards.
You, me, the next guy that posts a meme, complete and total cowards who are going to bend over and let him fuck us.
Y’all let it get this far, are you waiting on something? Bend over, then.
A huge, mouth watering steak walks up to you and says, “There’s no more food.”
It’s funny at this point. Either the rich pay their share or we Mangione them. Tick tock musky. Tik fuckin tok.
I’m legit surprised some big stock brokerage or finance firm hasn’t loaded up to the tits on Tesla short positions and then sent in a couple of Luigi’s.
Wouldnt the company be more profitable without his interference and huge salary/bonus?
Tesla valuation at this point isn’t vaguely related to how good or bad their actual business is, at this point it’s people buying into “co president Elon”.
Yes if you consider tesla a company. No if you consider it as a way to buy influence via President Musk. (am slightly being sarcastic)
Yes, they want to roll back the entire New Deal and have corporate serfdom again. They have been saying it for years and now they have their chance.
More and more I feel we are seeing the pendulum swing. Normally we see 5-10 year cycles of push and pull along the political spectrum, but I’m becoming increasingly convinced we’re in a century long cycle too.
We no longer have those with living memory of the gilded age, losing those who remember the saving grace that was the New Deal, and fewer and fewer left who were sent to war to fight fascism. Meanwhile the wealth gap is worsening in developed nations across the world, democratic republics are electing more far right parties and authoritarian leaders with populist messages, and the incoming administration is floating the idea of scrapping the FDIC and deregulating anything else on his favorite billionaire’s wishlist.
Seems like we’re right on track for a repeat of the 1930s.
Removing the FDIC or when putting money under the mattress is safer than a bank…
Hope everyone remembers to not negotiate with capitalists next time we have a labor movement like we had in the early 20th century.
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All you guys who didn’t vote for whatever reason… I hope you’re happy.
I think that anyone who didn’t vote because they thought the two were equivalent are probably not the type of person to keep up with this type of thing. So, there is probably ignorance, not necessarily stupidity (although there is that too). Ignorance is bliss. They’re probably in their own world worrying about other things, and they probably are happier for it.
I am envious. It will be bad enough to suffer resulting from everything president dipshit will do, but suffering from frustration knowing it is coming is awful too.
I’m watching the machine that’s oppressed me and everyone I love accept a newly tossed wrench right into the gears.
I’d be lying if part of me wasn’t happy to see the first few sparks.
Sure, Trump threw it. Were you throwing anything but memes? Soon you’ll get to throw bricks and molotovs.
I’ve actually been Black Bloc at protests going back to the Occupy movement, I’ve been throwing shit. Can I assume you’re one of those dickhead accelerationists that’s never actually done anything and just wants to stir shit up?
Lovely how this incredibly wealthy person is laser focused on making things worse for poor people. I suppose it’s the usual ploy of making people as desperate as possible so people like him can prey on us more easily.
Don’t worry, the cuts will drain social security just in time for when you go to collect. Current recipients will go un affected. I have no insider knowledge, I just understand that corporate America hates my generation.
Bring it, bitches. It’s high time we face the consequences of our collective stupidity.
My stance. We voted for this. Let them do it. Get it over with. Let it all burn
OK, but we have to make it absolutely crystal clear who is doing this, who it’s hurting, and who is benefiting. That’s why reporting like this is important.
Trump just won an election by blaming democrats for Trump’s own terrible economy.
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I didn’t vote for this clown but the country did. Give em what they want. Make it fast
EDIT:
cuts to Social Security and Medicare are likely “on the table” as part of debt reduction efforts.
Medicare for all? More like Medicare for none.
This is going to go down like a lead ballon, even with the 60+ year old MAGAs.
I hate to tell you but it won’t. My in-laws fall into that category and I constantly watch them twist themselves into knots trying to justify this stuff. They would also rather do without insurance than watch someone “undeserving” get it for “free”.
I’m sure they say that now, but I wonder what happens when they actually have to live it.
I have a feeling they will just grandfather people in, and reduce for future recipients.
I guess we’re about to find out
All they have to do is tell them the reason it has to be done is LIBRULS and boom. All anger directed at Nancy Pelosi, all is forgotten.
The House R’s have a very tiny majority and their constituents will not be happy about this idea and will let them know it. So I feel like they won’t be able to get the votes to do it. I also think they’re going to prioritze things like more tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations first, as well as the border stuff, before they would get to that. Ya never know, but that’s what I’m hoping for.
Eat those faces or at least scare the hell out of those faces, my pretties.
Hopefully they stop all those subsidies that go towards farms and we all starve and die.
who needs crops when we can eat the oligarchs?
There’s not that many of them, many people will be hungry
