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maonu @vem.bsky.social

old people granting themselves more privileges... kakistocratic populism :\

jul 4, 2025, 12:34 pm • 2 0

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

How the fuck did you get to "old people granting themselves?" Elderly folks didn't have a say in any of this shit. This was written by a few trump asslickers so Rs can claim they're strengthening SS and not screwing it.

jul 4, 2025, 1:16 pm • 48 1 • view
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maonu @vem.bsky.social

"so Rs can claim they're strengthening SS and not screwing it." They're certainly not doing anything like that with medicaid—not a coincidence.

jul 4, 2025, 6:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

Where exactly did I say they were? Republicans are fucking over everything they can get their hands on 👈🏾 not up for dispute. People not at fault for putting that poison in that bill or that Rs voted for it are seniors, the elderly, "old people."

jul 4, 2025, 7:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nameless @2ndthoughtclever.bsky.social

"The new Senate’s median age is 64.7 years" 117 members of congress are over 70 years old.. Pew Research Center share.google/KpkpKe0ZffXJ...

jul 4, 2025, 2:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

ffs, y'all just can't fucking help yourselves. The provision expires in 3 damn years. That's nothing. And now that I think about it some more, I'm betting Rs put that provision in there for 2 reasons: 1. So they can claim during 2026 and 2028 that they "strengthened" SS.

jul 4, 2025, 2:56 pm • 2 0 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

And that one is supported by the emails they're sending out. It's propaganda because they know seniors overall were hit really hard with this bill. 2. Making the provision last 3 years means it will come up during the 2028 presidential campaign. So whatever pos Rs put up can claim this provision

jul 4, 2025, 2:56 pm • 3 0 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

PLUS it will come up for a vote in congress. All Rs need to do is attach an extention for that provision to some poison pill bill and it puts Dems in a bind. When we take the House that strategy will change.

jul 4, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

Any fucking way, if y'all could think past your current bigotry you'd get off all this ageism bullshit. So in short, you can fuck off with the rest of them.

jul 4, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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bookgrump.bsky.social @bookgrump.bsky.social

How many of the people who voted for it are over or close to retirement age?

jul 4, 2025, 2:34 pm • 8 0 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

Again. That provision was most likely put in there so Rs could lie to seniors and not lose their support. The provision expires in 3 years.

jul 4, 2025, 2:46 pm • 21 0 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

So if seniors were responsible for giving themselves something, as the OP claims (again, a stupid claim), I think to fuck they'd make it permanent. Otherwise, what's the fucking point? So no matter how you spin this, what the op is claiming is bullshit.

jul 4, 2025, 2:46 pm • 6 1 • view
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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social

You're trying to bash seniors as a whole when the only one's responsible for writing their shit AND fucking voting for it are Republicans 👈🏾 and that age group is old, middle, and fucking young, but all fucking stupid. And don't bother trying to move the goalposts again.

jul 4, 2025, 2:46 pm • 21 1 • view
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Paola Rivera @paolariverat.bsky.social

Best bit of poetry I read all day ❤️

jul 4, 2025, 11:00 pm • 1 0 • view
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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social

Thanks for dispatching that bit of generational warfare propaganda with extreme prejudice. That sucker’s going to need a lot of burn cream. 🤣🤣🤣

jul 4, 2025, 5:29 pm • 6 0 • view
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promiscuous goy, you already know @thisisworse.bsky.social

Darlin'.

jul 4, 2025, 6:10 pm • 0 0 • view
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Parchment @parchment1.bsky.social

Im old and didn’t vote for this asswipe.

jul 5, 2025, 12:36 am • 1 0 • view
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TheBaroness @thebaroness.bsky.social

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jul 4, 2025, 1:36 pm • 3 0 • view
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Jim K 🇺🇸💙🦅🇺🇦🤴⛹🏼‍♂️🦋 @jkat1959.bsky.social

You’re off base; Congress is set for life with healthcare, etc. They did this to claim a tax break for seniors as a political stunt. Seniors had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars into Social Security and many rely on it as sole source of income. It is NOT a privilege, it was earned.

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maonu @vem.bsky.social

why did they give a tax break to old people as a "political stunt" but halve healthcare for the poor? It's not a coincidence who they do "political stunts" for.

jul 6, 2025, 3:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jim K 🇺🇸💙🦅🇺🇦🤴⛹🏼‍♂️🦋 @jkat1959.bsky.social

Likely because old people vote in higher % and Trump’s base includes quite a few old people. Trump / GOP are racists who coddle billionaires and corporations because they don’t respect regular people or people in need. They think corporate welfare is cool but abhor real people in need.

jul 6, 2025, 3:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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nyckaty132.bsky.social @nyckaty132.bsky.social

Old people didn’t do this. Trump and MaGA did this. Then lied to the old people again yesterday by using government website to send propaganda. Don’t be so damned simplistic in your thinking.

jul 4, 2025, 1:17 pm • 4 0 • view
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TL @tlgrand.bsky.social

I’m just grateful this “old person” can still recognize bs when I read it.

jul 5, 2025, 2:30 am • 1 0 • view