They will probably propose next to privatize it, because that is “fixing it”
And they will come up with a real Ponzi scheme: They will tell people already receiving Social Security that their monthly checks will not be affected, that if anything, when privatized, the funds will grow and give them an increase.
But here is the catch: The first year that they privatize it…interjecting a middle man like we now have with Health Care in the hands of insurance companies…they might give those receiving checks a little more…then the year after that they will tell all those receiving payments that there was a terrible stock market season and there were losses, so that now their benefits will be reduced…all the while, those same hedge fund-Wall Street types will be living the life of Riley…and then the coup de grace: there will be a stock market crash and everyone’s funds will tragically disappear.
You don’t think this can happen? Think again because the visceral dislike the Republican-Teahadists have for the most successful of the New Deal safety nets program is Social Security and it is a slap in the face for those who oppose anything being administered or instituted by those awful, Godless Socialists.
And believe me when I tell you that will not stop there; they already have a plan for Medicare: Republican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan just announced a radical scheme that, according to Reuters’ reporting, would “effectively dismantle the way most Americans receive medical coverage,” leading “most companies to drop their employer-sponsored plans.”
That’s right. Apparently Republicans’ plan to end Medicare and raise health care costs on seniors, while protecting tax breaks for Big Oil and billionaires, wasn’t enough. Now they are going after health care for middle class workers.
I hope that this post doesn’t give those right-wing radicals any more reprehensible ideas.
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