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Related: About this forumRepublicans TURN on THEIR OWN BASE In Worst Way: SHOCKING Betrayal - Really American
Really American host Chip Franklin breaks down how billionaires are not paying their fair share of taxes yet Republicans are increasingly discussing raising the retirement age and cutting Social Security, which workers have paid into for their entire working lives, and Medicare. - 12/09/2024.
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Republicans TURN on THEIR OWN BASE In Worst Way: SHOCKING Betrayal - Really American (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Tuesday
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Aussie105
(6,370 posts)1. This was not unexpected.
'I voted for Trump, so he owes me!'
Really? That is not how politics works!
elleng
(136,595 posts)2. People who make $7,000 an hour
have convinced people who make $25 an hour
that the people who make $7.50 an hour are the problem.
This GROSS unfairness is killing us.
Congressmembers have pensions, to 'help' them in their later years (As do I. THANKS, Congress.)
Skittles
(159,944 posts)3. TURN? THEY FUCKING SPELLED IT OUT
MAGATS CARED MORE ABOUT DEPORTATIONS
Old Crank
(4,800 posts)4. They campaigned on screwing voters
Voters didn't listen or believe.
Tens of millions to be thrown into poverty.
littlemissmartypants
(25,713 posts)5. They thought he was ...
Joking. Yuk. Yuk. Yuk.
Idiots.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,936 posts)6. 50,000 civil service employees will lose their jobs.
Good luck at finding work at their age. I hope they have their house, cars and other debts paid off, 'cause they most likely aren't going to get severance pay or retirement, and I don't know what the rules on unemployment benefits are.