• Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Let me guess his solution, privatize social security and give every baby $1,000 dollars in an investment account that will totally turn into $2,000,000 by the time they’re 65. All to further inflate the stock market because their ponzi scheme is so much better then social security…

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      2 months ago

      Had a discussion with my partner’s father who said social security gave less returns than his 401k, it’s a tax on “smart people” yada yada yada. No amount of reasoning worked on him as to why every society should have proper safety nets. Amerikkka fr is 350 million individuals