Pete always calls it like it is. Love him! But heads will roll if they let Musky fElon get his hands on SS, Medicare, and Medicaid. They're called entitlements because we pay for them and we're entitled to them!
Not as always. Pete still likes to throw trans people under the bus and say that because we resemble an episode of Portlandia we make MAGA republicans. Just like Newsom. I think Pete isn’t far off and his supporters like to run around and attack anyone who has valid criticism.
Reps and Senate can be called
Repeatedly when you use speed dial
202-224-3121
Tell them you prefer
it
when they prostrate
themselves before
HISASSHOLINESS
it's
a
better look
and so much quicker...
Efficient
when he sends Elon
over to ream them.
Take OUR jobs
and
OUR retirement.
Yep, they lied, and unfortunately, older folks (like my dad) treat Fox News like Walter Cronkite because that's where they developed their media habits.
They didn't realize retirees were a marginalized group and that their fate was tied to every other marginalized group. Same with veterans.
And this is why I've been angry since I started paying attention.
Lotta old white folks watched people like me get lynched and be denied our rights, and didn't understand that we're the ones standing between them and slavery.
Damn straight I’m entitled. I’m entitled to benefitting from what I’ve contributed to society. I pay my taxes, my spending helps drive the economy, the care I give my family supports the future. Screw anyone who says I’m not entitled to benefit from this. They need to learn how a society works.
The DEMS have to spend money on short spots for TV and social media explaining the SS threat w someone who can actually speak well THIS NEEDS TO BE EVERYWHERE
The stupidity of these people is astounding. Only outshined by their followers.
Apparently, no one gets a paycheck and can see social security doesn't come grom federal spending, but is it's own tax.
Just spewing complete bullshit.
Again I hate it here. We have unexpected not employed illegal alien (I only use that for nasty Musky) telling American Citizens we are fucking entitled I gave that lying bastard 18 billion in my MFing tax dollars he gave my state 💩 higher housing cost. I fucking hate president musk & 🍊 🤡 lapdog.
Like the biggest Heist is what it sounds like to me! An apartheid POS EYEBALLING the money earned by the Hardworking American people!! DEPORT THIS MF’r!!
I’m pretty proud of most of the mainstream ‘Fiona’s’. A while back I started following every Fiona/Fionna I came across in the wild. We are pretty on brand.
For his every government contract, and lack of equal tax payments, double his required SS contribution amount. Look at X-witter to see how he manages his unsubsidized dollars.
The biggest con is everyone calling Social Security an “entitlement” instead of “our money invested and secured for retirement.”
Entitlement is the cash flow to the military industrial complex for companies like SpaceX whose head is the defacto president with the ability to squash competition.
Yeah. It’s an entitlement. It’s my money and I’m entitled to it. If they slash it, I want a full refund of every penny I’ve paid. And guarantees that my future taxes will be reduced in kind. And sadly if they do, there will be a lot homeless seniors unless they have family to take them in.
Social Security is the third rail. Millions receive it and most depend on it who are unable to work. If Republicans let that happen, no amount of voter suppression will be enough to keep them in office. In fact, they might find themselves the target of retribution from thise with little to lose.
Allow corporations to pollute the environment and the people who live in it with impunity. No worries for them the ultra wealthy have their doomsday bunkers. And well have skyrocketing illnesses and death. Maybe time to dust off your Erin Brockovich DVDs as a reminder of what’s ahead.
Big gift to irresponsible companies that don't want to handle and take care of their own poison shit. Now Americans and next generations can enjoy it for years and years.
When a rich person doesn't understand why such things are in place, they should be kept far, far away from the levers of power, and skum's setting the perfect example as to why that should be the case...
Pete has intelligence, knowledge of our government and country, integrity, decency, humanity and compassion. He’s such a stark contrast to the vile and cruel fascists, Musk/Trump; they aren’t fit to be uttered in the same sentence with Pete. Or anyone outside of their corrupt Republican enablers.
Yeah, wasn't society so much better when we blamed the poor for their poverty, in Victorian times, they had it right, how dare you be born without landed wealth, must be stupid, or particularly lazy people, the poor. They'll be with you always, far out, that's a real moral attitude! And worship me?
I hate defending Elon on this, but he does say "Waste and Fraud in entitlement spending" is the big one to cut, not social security itself. Social Security spending is 1.35 Trillion $ a year and he's saying almost half of that is waste or fraud which is just silly.
"There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security. Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Musk is pure evil. Look how easy it is for him to cause good, honest citizens all that pain. How many lives is he ruining? How many families is he tearing apart? He doesn't care. Cause saving a few bucks matters more. What a monster.
More than likely, Musk is "The big one to eliminate". Given enough time, someone will get pissed off enough to do it. And the rest of us will all rejoice.
One of the smartest and most evil things Republicans have done is convince half the country that "entitlement" is a bad word. Social Security is something we are *quite literally* entitled to.
Musk looks to a social model closer to Frontiersville/Pilgrim Fathers than modern post-industrial State.
He majors on large families, disease, early death, and cycles of squalor and poverty - with zero 'safety net' provision. This is dog-eat-dog individualism.
Hmmm ~70,000,000 Americans having their main source of income disrupted. What could possibly happen?
A) Civil War
B) Mass Destructions of Teslas
C) All the above
If those idiots come for Social Security… it’s extremely on American of them. Weak personalities have taken over and we need to stand and resist. No more weak personalities in office of any sort. I can’t wait for the midterm elections.
Is it possible to imagine ANYTHING more (I’m struggling for a word) unbelievable (that will have to do) than the richest man in the entire world is proposing cuts in social security payments to the poorest people. It’s quite frightening to wonder how low they might go.
When did "entitlement" become a dirty word anyway? We paid into it, we're absolutely entitled to it. That's the literal definition of the word entitlement.
Calling out the hypocrisy feels good, because we value truth and justice. However when up against a bad faith actor who is using lies against you, I am starting to wonder if there isn't better uses of that time and energy.
Democrats need to tell a new story about America, not just keep reacting to Republican talking points. A story about America as a family not a corporation. About a government that exists to care for the land and the people who live in it, not to make money from it.
The government isn't there for the people for years anymore. Whether red or blue, only the tone of voice is different. It is the same everywhere, enabling only the rich.
Go Pete! At this point I believe you are the best hope for sane politics.
Run, Pete run!!! I'll vote for you and otherwise do my part in the 2028 election!
They lie and lie and lie. I have said before, I believe that any sense of hypocrisy or of irony is surgically removed when someone registers as a Republican.
what no one mentions is that cutting SS is only a "savings" if Musk stops SS payouts but continues to collect workers' contributions to SS, and how will they justify that?
We are already paying for his exploding rockets and cars. Now, trump has made sure that we, taxpayers, are on the hook to pay $400 million for musk's trashcans on wheels.
Even Fox News respects @petebuttigieg.bsky.social if he continues to push his no nonsense messaging, he could be our greatest patriot since Lincoln and if you knew my dedication to Lincoln, you’d know what a compliment that is.
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The closest thing to a scam about it is that income over $176k isn't taxed.
It'd be running fine if the 1% paid their fair share.
Generate your statement and look in Taxes Paid.
That's how much the GOP is going to steal from you if they shut down Social Security.
Get it soon!
Repeatedly when you use speed dial
202-224-3121
Tell them you prefer
it
when they prostrate
themselves before
HISASSHOLINESS
it's
a
better look
and so much quicker...
Efficient
when he sends Elon
over to ream them.
Take OUR jobs
and
OUR retirement.
Cause us old people will kill you...
Older people are slot tougher than they look….
They didn't realize retirees were a marginalized group and that their fate was tied to every other marginalized group. Same with veterans.
Lotta old white folks watched people like me get lynched and be denied our rights, and didn't understand that we're the ones standing between them and slavery.
#Trump #Musk
https://youtu.be/sGUNPMPrxvA?feature=shared
Apparently, no one gets a paycheck and can see social security doesn't come grom federal spending, but is it's own tax.
Just spewing complete bullshit.
Entitlement is the cash flow to the military industrial complex for companies like SpaceX whose head is the defacto president with the ability to squash competition.
I would prefer SS be strengthened.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-epa-climate-zeldin-power-plants-feb184286a7a9419aefddce293362e6b
And you want to call it entitlement yes it is . We're entitle to OUR MONEY
Is it possible Trump lied?
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Start a opposition party-PLEASE
#fafo
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Anyone who wants to cut social security is an uninformed ass!!
He majors on large families, disease, early death, and cycles of squalor and poverty - with zero 'safety net' provision. This is dog-eat-dog individualism.
You'll be thrown the red meat of racism or homophobia or sexism or ableism - just to distract you from the awfulness of your own situation.
A) Civil War
B) Mass Destructions of Teslas
C) All the above
They have loopholes for everything else and pay nothing but payroll taxes.
Reagan hisself said SS was the third rail of politics.
Go ahead, FAFO.
Not a single, fucking asshole in congress gives a damn!
Run, Pete run!!! I'll vote for you and otherwise do my part in the 2028 election!
They don’t accept us now. Why would they vote for a president that is gay?
Yea I have zero faith in this country anymore.
Fuck this place.
"That's cause the third rail is where all the power is." - President Bartlet ...