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Today, Social Security provides only enough for a bare-bones budget, about $14,000 a year on average. Republicans: This is too much money, we can't afford it,
by cmurf 9y ago
Today, Social Security provides only enough for a bare-bones budget, about $14,000 a year on average.
Republicans: This is too much money, we can't afford it, it's take from the rich, give to the poor, these social programs need to end. Grandma deserves to die under a bridge by herself, it's her own fault she didn't work harder or save more.
Me: A bullet to the head of the aging is more ethical than the Republican prescription. Yes, absolutely take the money from the wealthy and keep grandma off the street. Jesus...
- clackanon 9y agoI'm not saying I have a better answer, but wealth redistribution is theft. That's every bit as immoral as leaving grandma on the street.
- mwfunk 9y agoThat’s not remotely as immoral as leaving grandma on the street. It’s a compromise, like everything else in the world that does more good than bad.
- chrisbennet 9y agoWhen the 8 richest men have as much wealth as the poorest 50% of the planet one might conclude that wealth has already been redistributed.