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fair to say Dems are not going to vote for cuts to Social Security or Medicare -- (link)

Posted by mr mooch (aka pickmix) Dec 3 '24, 08:53

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https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1863970489414070299 (twitter.com)

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since you're the only person left on twitter :) bsky link -- (link) - oblique Dec 3, 08:54 [BS] 23
- “Saved” = not spent on helping people we don’t like. -- nm - znufrii Dec 3, 09:32 2
  - But I’m open to the idea of means testing social security benefits for high income households, if that’s what they mean. -- nm - znufrii Dec 3, 09:45 1
    - Dems prolly shoulda lifted the earning cap when they had the votes -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:55
- I would love for someone to take on the argument for why cutting costs is necessary. Running a deficit is not in and of itself a bad thing. - pmb Dec 3, 09:29 10
  - Not even to mention that cutting government waste has been a marketing pitch for decades. - Qale Dec 3, 09:49 2
    - Government waste is code for “spending money to help people I don’t like.” Nothing more. -- nm - znufrii Dec 3, 10:00
    - It's incredibly dumb. Every large enterprise has waste. Is it bad to make sure you're cutting where you can and not overspending? Of course not. - pmb Dec 3, 09:56
  - People couldn't get past 'expensive eggs!!!' to avoid voting for an autocrat and you want to campaign on macroeconomic theory? -- nm - ty97 Dec 3, 09:36 4
    - I would just start with this: "Look at the overall continued growth of the economy over the last 15 years. Look at the overall growth of wealth for - pmb Dec 3, 09:49
    - no, just start from the base position that running government Like A Business is a dumb way to think of what governments do -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:39
    - (Yes, my post is a gross oversimplification of this election but you get the point) -- nm - ty97 Dec 3, 09:37 1
      - "Libraries don't have to ever make a profit" is how you frame it for the dumbshit median voter -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:40
  - well it would be a good argument for Dems to make as a party. someone should try it -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:35
  - Here's John Oliver talking about the National Debt. -- (link) - Inigo Dec 3, 09:35 [youtube]
- Heh. -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:59
- if bluesky automatically pushed these posts into my following/discover feeds like twitter i wouldn't have to use it for news - mr mooch Dec 3, 08:56 6
  - huh? Following is a feed of your followers. literally. chronological IIRC so not sure how you're not finding you see those things. EDIT -- (edited) - oblique Dec 3, 09:01 5
    - i don't follow anyone on either. i just want to monitor posts -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:02 4
      - what does that even mean? - oblique Dec 3, 09:09 3
        
        "mysterious pixie" somehow follows some feed without any accounts in it. -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:14 2
        
        he's fully algorithmic -- nm - oblique Dec 3, 09:14 1
        
        Fully Algorithmic was my 3rd least favorite Grandaddy album -- nm - prayformojo Dec 3, 09:30
- "we" being old and poor people -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 08:56

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