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Who exactly are GOP appealing to buy trying to cut social security? Is there some privatization plan? -- nm

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Oct 19 '22, 07:00

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Brookings is a good source for explaining GOP thinking (or what they purport to believe), although the "who" question is not made that clear. However, -- (edited) - mara Oct 19, 07:59 1
- good read, thank you -- nm - colin Oct 19, 08:48
What a question to ask after Alito specifically said abortion is bad for the job market! It's to keep workers in the labor force, dude. -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 07:32 1
- Old workers are not particularly useful though and everyone is working later in life...this one is just kind of pointless. -- nm - colin Oct 19, 07:52
Sen. Johnson? He's been the Republican all over the news on this topic. And there is no privatization plan (that I've seen anyway). - ReluctantCynic Oct 19, 07:05 11
- oh so they just become a bargaining tool? -- nm - colin Oct 19, 07:06 1
  - Possibly? If I had to guess, I'd say it's either quisling cowardice or brilliant political strategy. - ReluctantCynic Oct 19, 07:10
- So another debt ceiling? -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 07:05 8
  - Krugman wrote an article yesterday about this. It's pretty clear that the debt ceiling will become a thing again if the republicans take control, the - pmb Oct 19, 07:18 4
    - I saw something similar this morning and that the goal is to weaken Biden over the next 2 years to make it easier for Trump - decline Oct 19, 07:25 3
      - Yep. They did the same thing to Obama, but they always backed off at the brink. I'm not sure they will this time. As suggested, Dems need to jack - pmb Oct 19, 07:28 2
        
        Eleventy kajillion dollars -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 07:31 1
        
        Yep. Really the debt ceiling is stupid and just lends itself to these games. They should just get rid of it. -- nm - pmb Oct 19, 07:38
  - Probably? I can't quite wrap my head around Johnson's intent. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 19, 07:06 2
    - some men just want to watch the world burn -- nm - decline Oct 19, 07:08 1
      - or as speculated, he is owned by the Russia government. -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 07:45
they’ve realised republican voters don’t care about policy as long as they win. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 07:03 1
- fascists are kind of like that... -- nm - colin Oct 19, 07:06

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