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In response to "fair to say Dems are not going to vote for cuts to Social Security or Medicare -- (link)" by mr mooch

since you're the only person left on twitter :) bsky link -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Dec 3 '24, 08:54

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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lcfxt2nzxk27 (bsky.app)

Rep. Richard McCormick: "We're gonna have to have some hard decisions. We're gonna have to bring in the Democrats to talk about Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare. There's hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved, we just have to have the stomach to take those challenges on."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2024-12-03T15:37:40.527Z

Responses:

“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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