Nikki Haley's first big proposal? Raise the retirement age and cut Social Security and Medicare benefits for "the new generation"

[elliotk]

Her real mistake is having substantive policy positions at all. That’s a real RINO move in the post-Trump GOP

[Akimbo_NOT]

Nikki actually left out the other gQp bookend, changing the child labor laws to put people to work even earlier.

[Ed_Beaty]

I like her. I think we’ll eat her first.

[Mangochin]

Better suggestion. Tax the wealthy and corporations followed by

[Mangochin]

Welcomne aaaaadam

[Otherbrother]

@Scientist

Let people put more money into social security. If I could invest more in social security rather than a 401 that enables the worst of Wall st., that would be great.

If you’ve got money available to invest there are some socially-responsible options out there.

The surplus money in the Social Security Trust fund has never really been “invested” in any real way other than to loan it to the Treasury in the form of government-guaranteed bonds. So buying yourself some Treasury bills would have the same exact effect as giving it to the Social Security Trust Fund to invest for you.

[Mindysan33]

@elliotk

Her real mistake is having substantive policy positions at all.

This isn’t substantive. At all. It’s the same BS that goes along with cut taxes and hate on marginalized groups.

[generic_name]

[douglas_stuart]

“F them, I got mine.”

Remove. The. Cap.

[eccentriccog]

It’s really been their policy for the longest time; she’s just spelling it out. There’s a reason why millennials do not expect that they’re going to ever let us retire.
I’m saving what I can for stability sake, but I can’t help but laugh myself hoarse everytime someone starts talking about “My retirement age goals”.

I’m extremely lucky (for the moment) to have an employer who matches a percentage; after I manage to pay down consumer debts, I intend to max Roth, but things like being able to even afford a house? Who the hell knows?

[Melizmatic]

@eccentriccog

There’s a reason why millennials do not expect that they’re going to ever let us retire.

You think most Gen-Xers have any such expectations?

(Many of us don’t.)

Late stage capitalism is not sustainable.

[eccentriccog]

Fair. Entirely fair.

[gracchus]

Conservatives, nothing if not predictable…

@gracchus

When the Republicans try to raise the age at which Americans can collect Social Security (and they will, the moment after enough Boomers are old enough to collect) we won’t see anything like these protests. Gen Xers always knew they’d be screwed over and will accept to with mildly outraged resignation on whatever the successor to Twitter is. Millennials, if they care at all, will be primed by conservatives for the entitlement programme to be eliminated completely.

[KathyPartdeux]

“ You reform the entitlements, but you do it in a way that you don’t take anything away from seniors or people who are getting ready to retire. You focus on the new generation”

You go fuck yourself. But do it in a way that doesn’t harm seniors.

[Gyrofrog]

@Otherbrother

you’ve got money available to invest there are some socially-responsible options out there.

Well, today, anyway.

Florida House puts ‘ESG’ investments in the crosshairs

A Divided Republican Party Is United Against ESG Investing

[Melizmatic]

I get damn tired of people bitching and whining incessantly about Millennials (and soon Gen Z, I’m sure) when the previous generations are the ones who raised them, and also set them up for failure.

[Mindysan33]

[blissinfinite67]

um… these are not entitlements.

I just wish the media would not let any of these d-bags get away with using this word but it just seems like is so entrenched in the dialogue. Dems are to blame for accepting this term as well.

[Mindysan33]

[Melizmatic]

@drunken_oranget

So you’re upset about being stereotyped?

You came back after a 3 year absence just to misinterpret what I wrote?

@Mindysan33

Derailment, that would be my first guess…