🔥NEVER FORGET: Senators Lindsey Graham, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee and Rand Paul have wanted for over a decade to RAISE the age of qualifying for Social Security to 70. This = CUTTING Social Security by 21%!🔥 Social Security is OUR money!🔥 We are being ROBBED & RAIDED! We paid for EVERY single penny!🔥 - ThreadSky

petermorley.bsky.social • 65 days ago

🔥NEVER FORGET: Senators Lindsey Graham, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee and Rand Paul have wanted for over a decade to RAISE the age of qualifying for Social Security to 70.

This = CUTTING Social Security by 21%!🔥

Social Security is OUR money!🔥

We are being ROBBED & RAIDED! We paid for EVERY single penny!🔥

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racerxjax.bsky.social•64 days ago

mimsof5.bsky.social•64 days ago

They are hoping we will just die before we can collect. I suppose next will be raising Medicare age too.

terrysan.bsky.social•64 days ago

A related side note. My ret. neighbor was telling me about the many people (including his parents) that worked all their lives and died before being able to collect SS. His larger point was how the qgop are constantly trying to scare people into thinking it's too much $ for retirees. It isn't.

ashleygirl.bsky.social•64 days ago

I’ve always wondered about people who paid into SS and died before they reached the retirement age.

ellecfromtwitter.bsky.social•64 days ago

SOL

roughtrade.bsky.social•65 days ago

FDR is spinning in his grave.

rae14.bsky.social•64 days ago

No One Should Have To Work Until They Are 70!!
Companies will let you go before you’re 70!!

byronjames1963.bsky.social•64 days ago

I'm disabled & been in a wheelchair for ten years now. This is from numerous medical surgeries & hard work I did for years. I went from a cane, a walker, a walker with a seat, & then after falls a wheelchair. Graham, Johnson, Lee, & Rand Paul have no idea what hard physical work is! They're Evil!!!!

montysuniverse.bsky.social•53 days ago

Capital uses labor as if it were a machine. Use it to the end of its usefulness then throw it away. Raise the f****ng cap on income and raise the % that capital pays. It is bullshit that a person has to work until there is no time left to enjoy life. Raising the age increases the labor supply.

flag59.bsky.social•64 days ago

donshafer.bsky.social•64 days ago

People don't understand. Since Raygun, the entire Republiklan Agenda has been to eliminate SS and Medicare/Medicaid to force workers to work until death. Some states are even going after child labor laws to force people into indentured servitude at a younger age.

mad-mule.bsky.social•64 days ago

Because employers are just clamoring to hire 69 year olds! They want us working folks to have the bridge retirement plan, live under or jump off. Sad to say but my horse and mule will have better retirements than I will.

luckiiyu7.bsky.social•65 days ago

I promise they will see the largest class action lawsuit this country has ever seen! They will rue the day!! We want every penny we’ve paid in with INTEREST!! And damages!!!

tepidlatte.bsky.social•64 days ago

And forget BS retail bank interest! I want to see long term stock market returns (that's where I would have put the money if I hadn't had to pay it to Uncle Sam). 13%/pa+ mfers, not a penny less.

luckiiyu7.bsky.social•64 days ago

Exactly this and we want the money back that they borrowed for the forever wars! I want a complete audit! I want EVERY LAST PENNY!

tpobuda.bsky.social•64 days ago

The Canadian Conservative government were voted out for raising the retirement age to 67, this was quickly repealed by the Justin Trudeau government.

This is what France looked like when their government tried to change the retirement age to 67. 💥🔥

https://youtu.be/7I2pXpHlgIo?si=xZcXdHo9Cgt-fc38

brett5355.bsky.social•64 days ago

I am in for whatever it takes to make that happen.

suntree296.bsky.social•64 days ago

Maybe we should make congress and the senate retire at 55, then they can work for 15 years before retirement.

suzannejarvie.bsky.social•64 days ago

current evidence suggests they retire long before 55 take special acting classes in fake government.

hiareth.bsky.social•64 days ago

I get discouraged when people say contact your representative. Unfortunately, Mike Lee is my representative.

woodli.bsky.social•64 days ago

I’ve got Nancy Mace, along with Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham. I’ll trade you.

hiareth.bsky.social•64 days ago

I’m sorry. 💙

ruralreason.bsky.social•59 days ago

claudiamw.bsky.social•64 days ago

So? Give him hell! Get others in your district to help!

hiareth.bsky.social•64 days ago

Been there. Done that. Thank you. Not giving up but not much to work with here.

claudiamw.bsky.social•64 days ago

Write him a postcard now & then. Be a thorn in his side. Invite others to do the same.

No member of Congress feels so totally secure about the next election that you can't rattle them.

hiareth.bsky.social•64 days ago

I do, I am just venting that it gets discouraging sometimes.

claudiamw.bsky.social•64 days ago

I hear you! My county is indigo blue but we had a Tea Party congressman for nearly 12 years. And in the end he had to resign because he really was as big a shitbird as we tried to tell the red counties in our district.

anonsnark.bsky.social•64 days ago

ii will never forget the biden admin's doj allowing lindsey to continue to be publicly blackmailed. thats what i wont forget

djcri.bsky.social•64 days ago

FACT:

an average person on Social Security, will make approximately between $15,000 to $24,000 a year

The billionaires, will spend $24,000 on ONE bottle of wine

Let that sink in 😳

djcri.bsky.social•64 days ago

absolutely, I have been paying into my own account since I’ve been 14 years old

I deserve to be retired, the only thing missing…. Where is my interest payment?

mysticmmt.bsky.social•64 days ago

I agree! It is OUR Money And they, the rich and ANYone that wants to cut or limit the Working, Retired and Poor people/families EARNED Benefits! Should automatically be removed from office.

toireasaoflinn.bsky.social•64 days ago

Social Security Insurance is a trust fund created to protect seniors from the rich that play with other people's money. We pay into that trust fund because we can't trust politicians and oligarchs.

mkaufmandev.bsky.social•63 days ago

These thieves cannot just vote for this and have no consequences.

the-thc-ministry.bsky.social•64 days ago

artisanbrain.bsky.social•61 days ago

Hands off

jgorm.bsky.social•65 days ago

Reagan made the first cash grab from the SSI fund, Bush 2, the 2nd and it's never recovered.

brucemich.bsky.social•64 days ago

I was just looking at a chart of life expectancy. In 1935, it was under 61 years old. That kinda makes you think. In 2020, it was almost 79 years old.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040079/life-expectancy-united-states-all-time/

tepidlatte.bsky.social•64 days ago

Don't worry, it'll be back to 61 by 2028.

brucemich.bsky.social•64 days ago

It really has gone down. Covid and drug overdoses...

krazykate58.bsky.social•64 days ago

It sounds to me like those senators along with the corporations what kids to start working as young as 10 for younger and they keep working until they're too old to work at which point they will be euthanized to make way for more workers.

jkruofa.bsky.social•64 days ago

Interestingly, I keep reading articles stating that more people are opting to take SS at the earliest age of 62, and they seem baffled as to why. Well, WE'RE TIRED OF WORKING and don't want to work til we die.!!!

woodli.bsky.social•64 days ago

I turned 63 in September, first SS check will be going into the bank in February. I have many peers doing the same. We want our money and we are sick of working our asses off just to keep paying taxes that end up being wasted on stupid shit.

donshafer.bsky.social•64 days ago

I turn 65 in May and have been retired for 2 years. My financial advisor wants me to wait until 70 to start drawing SS. Not with Trump/Musk in control. I want my money now.

jkruofa.bsky.social•64 days ago

Amen

suzannejarvie.bsky.social•64 days ago

while those fat cats with their pensions and cadillac health care plans sit back in moral degeneracy eating you alive.

coloradocitizen.bsky.social•64 days ago

It is a gut punch! I won't even live that long. Especially since I can't afford my meds now. They are trying to destroy us. 🤬🤬🤬

@michaelbennet.bsky.social

Fight this!!

wbrushing.bsky.social•64 days ago

I’ve been paying into social security for 37 years. If they want to end the program then they can just cut me a check for $100,000 plus interest.

If they don’t want to do that then I wish them the best of luck in the coming class war.

bstnboy.bsky.social•61 days ago

Simple solution:

Raise the income limit for taxes from $108K.

It's ludicrous it's never been done.

nucci10.bsky.social•65 days ago

They take the social security money to pay on other things!! They owe us that money back!!

silenciodogwood.bsky.social•64 days ago

lars-gunblade.bsky.social•64 days ago

Not everybody is capable of working until age 70. Life doesn’t work that way.

strongbroad.bsky.social•64 days ago

They will never have to depend on social security, so cutting benefits paid into by the middle class just makes sense to these evil elitists!

lynwino.bsky.social•64 days ago

They all should never have been voted in! Now vote then out! It's your call! Your money or them!

illytechguy.com•64 days ago

Wouldn't that mean you put more money into it??

tieryoucansplit.bsky.social•64 days ago

That as well. Generally speaking, the GOP will do anything but remove the tax cap so that the wealthiest would contribute more.

lackeyrn.bsky.social•64 days ago

When you sit on your ass in Congress and have all the perks they do, it's easy to talk about working until 70. I worked 40+ years as an RN - at 67 my knees are shot and I've got arthritis all up and down my spine. Lift and turn patients for another 3 years? 12 hour shifts on my feet? I think not.

cleobabezz.bsky.social•64 days ago

At least you are lucky enough to also have a pension, correct?

lackeyrn.bsky.social•64 days ago

Unless you work for the government, there are no pensions for nurses. Max out that 401k with your overtime shifts and pray Congress doesn't F up Social Security and Medicare.

brett5355.bsky.social•64 days ago

Hopefully will not happen until May when I turn 70.
Seriously though I have been collecting for a few years already. Will I have to pay that back? Will I have to reapply if this happens before I turn 70?
So many questions.
I will gladly chip in for any class action suit against this. It is our $$$$

jelanie.bsky.social•64 days ago

I waited till I was 70 and it was fine. However, there was no physical labor involved and it was optional (or sorta - I needed the money). Also, I loved my job and was in good health. It was NOT because Elon needed my money.

mumblyjoe.bsky.social•64 days ago

Nobody in the tech industry wants to hire anyone older than 50. Doesn't matter if you're in good health or not.

redtailboa.bsky.social•64 days ago

I think we need to gather hard working construction workers to head to the hill, show them how broken their bodies are. How can these cruel people make hard working Americans suffer til 70? Will bodies hold up that long? OMG, work til 70 with no healthcare? Who does that?????

anewhope10.bsky.social•64 days ago

😡😡😡😡😡

divertanut1955.bsky.social•64 days ago

True. But it factually goes back 10 minutes after it was signed into law. Republican politicians having been trying to kill it outright with orders from the very type of people who will be in charge starting 1/20/2025.

parisdog.bsky.social•64 days ago

mike lee is eligible to retire in a few years with an immediate annuity. don't forget that.

luperamos1949.bsky.social•64 days ago

So True Peter we Worked hard putting into this Program to be able to get these benefits! These bought&paid for who enjoy lifetime govt benefits Want to Deprive US of what we Earned & Worked for! Keep your hands OFF!

alijmead.bsky.social•64 days ago

I apologize for ronjon. Wisconsin used to be progressive and hopefully will be again.

lisastar85.bsky.social•64 days ago

We must not allow it.

westofmichael.bsky.social•64 days ago

Also, don't forget that the life expectancy rate is decreasing in America. On average you'll get less time on Social Security under their plans.
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

gumbogirl.bsky.social•64 days ago

People this is not the time to sit on your hands. Call your representatives. Let them know what we need.

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