Trump Set To SLASH Social Safety Net To Pay For Fat Tax Breaks

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Same old Reagan playbook. War on those who need help the most. While the rich get richer. Dickens couldn't write it any better.

[@psykowarior]

that couldn't be sayed for any administration so far ?

[@learninglockit]

Good luck to the people who thought that they were teaching Kamala Harris and the Democrats a lesson. From eliminating social safety programs to making the Supreme Court even worse than it already is. It's going to be a long 4 years, but we sure showed Kamala Harris and the Democrats!!🎉

[@andrewhaydon]

Enjoy the next four chaotic years of hell

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

They were more worried about transgenders using their bathrooms than they were about the country going into the toilet.

[@LPAFilm]

@@andrewhaydon I think we've already experienced that with this administration but it can get worse I'm sure.

[@isk2829]

harris spend 1 billion in a month and went 20 million in debt at the end of her campaign! cope and seethe!

[@learninglockit]

@isk2829 From my understanding, Harris is on vacation in Hawaii. It really doesn't matter how much she spent on the election because she's going to be good. The people who thought that they were teaching Kamala and the Democrats a lesson are going to find out the hard way that the average American will suffer way more than these politicians.

[@JonKovach]

I'll be fine. Sad times for everyone else who thought Republicans were actually going to do anything for the working class. 🤷‍♂

[@jerichoanderson6055]

Exactly! I’m a straight white guy who’s financially secure, I’ll probably be fine. I’m a proud progressive and voted Harris. I feel so sorry for the people who are going to be harmed these next 4 years 🤦‍♂️👎🏻

[@TrollinOn22s]

I'm sorry, but you can't be for businesses and employees at the same time. It's a conflict, as a business will lay off employees to increase revenue. Not sure why the working poor would vote republican.

[@JonKovach]

@@jerichoanderson6055 same

[@josevillarreal6193]

Lmao at the delusion people on here have and especially among liberals and progressives. Hail Trumpler

[@josiahirondreads3211]

@@JonKovach yup!

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[@ItsukaShimotsuki]

Enjoy the consequences of your vote, America.

[@abraamkazaryan4342]

@@ItsukaShimotsuki how are you dealing with the consequences of your vote four years ago?

[@ItsukaShimotsuki]

@@abraamkazaryan4342 I’m already out, and happily so, 4 years ago. LMAO.

[@XXniccloXX]

​@@abraamkazaryan4342I made 32k trumps last year in office. I'm going to finish this year around 85k. You have know idea what your talking about

[@paulvamos7319]

@@abraamkazaryan4342 Still doing bad but, better under Biden than the Tango Tangerine! Trump's Tariffs will break America! What are you going to do when over 100 million Americans can no longer afford food?

[@TruckerRo]

@@abraamkazaryan4342 exactly 😂😂😂😂💯💯

It is broken because of greedy rich people.

[@paulvamos7319]

Always! 😡

[@TruckerRo]

Greed don't make you rich, hard work and dedication does but keep hating on the rich, you should be trying to learn from them

[@damart1974]

​@@TruckerRo lol😂, GREED DOES MAKE YOU RICH, AND RICHER . They don't invest so much money to bribe corporate politician campaigns for nothing

[@paulvamos7319]

@TruckerRo Then where is the wealth I was supposed to get from my parents? Medical Bills is where it went! Greed is what money does to people! They take and take without giving much back! When are the rich going to pay the same percentage in taxes that the rest of us pay! 🤨

[@mE-zx7pt]

@@TruckerRo Yep, learn how to not pay your workers (aka stealing).

[@alirE2904]

Well iin texas, the voted to elimiinate overtime pay. So yea, republicans are working for the people.

[@randybolin7409]

@@alirE2904 don't feel sorry for them they kept there do nothing Cruze

[@pressheart64]

Food stamps helped me get through college because I had zero support from family. Food stamps and other assistance are stepping stones for a lot of us.

[@brianflynlion]

Being the most wealthy country in the world we can afford to lay down these steps and elevate the lives of our fellow citizens making America a great country for achieving a good life, liberty and happiness. As a tax payer I don't regret a single penny going to elevate the lives and opportunities of others. Wasteful spending is in the Pentagons budget.

[@scifirealism5943]

I feel your pain. I'm in community college and lost my food stamps and section 8 housing, leaving me in even deeper poverty since my mom died. I'm too poor to finish school.

[@scifirealism5943]

​@@brianflynlionAfter my mom died I lost food stamps and section 8 housing, so getting through school is even tougher than before. I just want to finish school.

[@Eliminator-rl9sn]

As a European citizen I am always horrified learning about the US health system. Almost everybody (and in principle everybody) in Europe is entitiled to health care. It is not for free but individual contribution requiremets are adjusted to your individual income. If you are without income, the state helps you in almost every case. All European constitutions state in various ways that human life is one of the highest values to be protected by the state. So, it is not a "communist idea"....

[@SeanRyan-i2g]

We have the same thing here in the states everyone can get healthcare wether you work or not the USA spend 4trillion a year on healthcare that’s 17% of our gdp

[@lillykivanc]

@@SeanRyan-i2g where ? 30 por cent my ícone going to health care insurance and I’m so afraid to go to the doctor and can’t afford my part of the bill

[@eliflynn7282]

@SeanRyan-i2g hahahaha!!! No! What squirrel brained idea is that? Guess what dude, I have congenital heart disease, an extra valve, and Wolff Parkinson white syndrome and when Trump took office he signed an executive order to label me as "able bodied" .. I haven't had my heart meds in 8 fkn years! It costs 430 dollars a month! They don't take care of shit here pal!! Get ready for a pre existing condition purge too!!

[@Lyns.V.]

​@@SeanRyan-i2g LOL. That's the most comical, hilarious thing I've read recently. And I'm from the States.

[@SeanRyan-i2g]

@@Lyns.V. look it up

[@noobtube4760]

Our regressive tax code has screwed the working and middle class in this country for the last 50 years. The rich need to pay the same effective tax rate as everyone else. And capital gains taxes, should be exactly the same rate as income taxes. This has to be fixed.

[@scifirealism5943]

Ok

[@jrg5315]

How to destroy the economy 101

[@johnburton1205]

@@noobtube4760 don't matter, it's never going to be fix or changed... Rich will always have the power to rule... Humans are just that way

[@handsuporillshoot381]

Israel has universal Healthcare, iron dome, military assistance, money aid packages, etc. ALL on American taxpayer's expense.

[@autumnfragrance6326]

Ssssssshhhhhhhh

[@baddaddy8718]

Every western country pays for the Israelis it’s sad tbh

[@Steven_Groener]

So does Ukraine. Yet you never talk about it. Wonder why 🤔

[@paulvamos7319]

@@Steven_Groener Because Ukraine isn't the aggressor! We don't want Putin to win!

[@uncomfortabletruth5915]

@@Steven_Groener when did america obligate itself to support Israel land acquisition? As america did sign the Budapest memorandum, to defend Ukrainians against Russian invasion and attack, As we did this to denuclearization the Ukraine. If you republicans only knew history instead of being shite spewing ignoramuses l.l

[@Phoenix-m7t]

His cult will suffer hardest, sounds like karma to me.

[@Dareone61Army]

Corporations will pay NOTHING

[@techsupport891]

@tbui-im8gp So because corporations pay their employees corporations shouldn't have to pay taxes?

[@techsupport891]

@@tbui-im8gp You do know jobs predate corporations? If the corporation doesn't exist, people will work somewhere else. Or better yet, the government creates a job program that does something useful, like building /maintaining public infrastructure.

[@eze2190]

@@Dareone61ArmySorry to break it to you, but corporations have never paid taxes. They pass all business expenses including taxes to the customer. You can whine all you want. Raising taxes on any business just makes the cost of goods and services higher.

[@techsupport891]

@@tbui-im8gp I didn't make the original post.

[@brentharrington9235]

@@techsupport891 governments can't create jobs without first confiscating moneys elsewhere.

[@thomasrogers9146]

MOST AMERICANS LOVE SOCIALISM FOR BILLIONAIRES AND HAVE A HATERED FOR ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN AMERICA AND SAFETY NETS FOR THE POOR AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR ALL SOCIALISM IS GREAT AS LONG AS IT IS FIR MILLIONAIRS AND BILLIONAIRES

[@micahgibbs2939]

That's good, Americans voted to make the already rich even richer and the poor poorer. Well deserved, stupidity should not be rewarded.

[@christianjensen952]

If only 100% of them voted Trump though... I feel the exact same as you for Trumpers, but a lot of independant or dems get caught for others' stupidity.

[@catpaladin1]

In the long run it will not be rewarded. They will not likely survive it. I am praying those of us who didn’t vote for it survive it.

[@peregrine116]

@@micahgibbs2939 It's very sad how history repeats itself isn't it? Btw: Musk is not the richest man in the world. The Walmart Walton's have way more money. It's just that they are very inconspicuous. 🤑 They don't want you to know that they never did pass along the savings. They just gouged you more than the others. When you first start at Walmart, they hand you a 'wellness package'. It's all the facts and forms you will need to apply for poverty level handouts that you will be entitled to - corporate welfare.

[@garyanderson9467]

@@micahgibbs2939 The idiots just never learn.

[@haleyskye965]

Arkansan who was affected by those Medicaid changes here 🙋🏼‍♀️ It was such a clusterfuck.

[@haleyskye965]

And the barriers Anna mentions here are no joke. There was no information available anywhere. The online system was basically un-navigable. God forbid you ever had an issue and needed to talk to an actual person or fix some mistake--that wasn’t gonna happen.

[@scifirealism5943]

Yes

[@sfi3807]

To force poor people into minimum wage jobs

[@meganofasheville1]

Thank you for covering this critical issue. It’s devastating to me these politicians are willing to let people die because they can’t afford healthcare. My kids are on medicaid and they both have autoimmune disease. My son is a diabetic with autoimmune encephalitis and is disabled. Our lives depend on these programs. And it’s not because we aren’t trying. Thank you for sticking up for us 🥺

[@garyanderson9467]

Gee, Trump campaigned on not touching social security and Medicare,, Don’t tell me he lied?

[@randybolin7409]

Never trust a con man 😂😂

[@DrewMills-c2k]

wow hard to believe

[@patallojomom]

Has he ever? 🤮

[@PharaohMaliknahmen]

I feel sorry for people with disabilities. Some not cognizant of what is happening around and about them, having placed trust in their fellow Americans hoping that with humility and rationality, they'd do their due diligence to preserve civility, decency, sane leadership in government as well preserve a sane humane society. Now many stand to suffer irreparable losses, some to the return of constant pain due to lack of medication and others facing ultimate death. But this is America. A place where human dignity dies.

[@patriciaramsey732]

Well said!

[@Libertas4Ever]

Those wishes are a pipe dream in a capitalistic society. We are a capitalistic society. So of course the marginalized, the disabled, who aren't even mentioned in these talks, are going to be forgotten about. Keep trying to give Trump all his credit, but he did know it's not enough what he did because he gave most of all of those breaks to people who don't need more money. Its disgusting.

[@clarel4584]

Healthcare is too expensive in the US because of INSURANCE COMPANIES

[@NoLiveQuake]

pay mote than 700 monthly for insurance and stiil have to pay 10k for 3 days spent in hospital. Great!

[@JackAce413]

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, right ? ... Well, not having access to "life" because you cant afford healthcare feels like an infrigement of rights 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kirbysnortfarts9819]

Rich people hate poor people. They fear the impoverished.

[@uncomfortabletruth5915]

They fear the majority, hence culture war division.

[@scifirealism5943]

Yep.

[@AromatherapyI]

Standby for more Trump awesomeness!

[@Fouling2099]

poor people voting for a rich thief....airheads.

[@shade1608]

What would you call spending over a billion dollars in 3 months for a campaign and still end up owing $20 million dollars? That was the Harris campaign. I'm sorry that is the kind of government mismanagement we've seen over the past 4 years and the people are paying for it. In my book, the definition of insanity is to continue doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

[@thegentleman90]

Absolutely, honestly, positively, accurately, sincerely, Agent Orange DO NOT GIVE A "F" about anyone except HIMSELF and his RICH buddies. NO MORE, NO LESS!!!

[@George-hl2xm]

Is this really a big surprise this is what Republicans do Reagan was a good example of that the surprising thing is the poor and middle class keep voting for these idiots 🙄

[@ingridbelfiglio1126]

At the end, who are the idiots? Those who manipulated and fooled gullible people or those who were fooled and manipulated 🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨

[@gns1190]

IF YOU VOTED FOR TRUMP YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.......

[@chris-st6sm]

lol... nothing has happened yet. Biden is still president. sheesh!

[@nitapatterson8271]

@@chris-st6smit will and if you voted for that orange turd you are at fault!

[@LPAFilm]

Democrats are responsible for this. They knew exactly what would happen and decided to campaign as if "democracy" wasn't on the line. Decided to dismiss fractions of their own damn base and exchange them for that conservative moderate and white suburban mom vote..how did that work for them?

[@dystoniaify]

Unfortunately, disabled and poor like myself who's life is already hell, will suffer the most 😢

[@paulvamos7319]

I'm in the same boat! 😢

[@daddyinacaddy]

Not disabled and poor enough to bitch on KZbin though.

[@cherylannejohnson7392]

@@daddyinacaddy well duh dipshit complaining on the internet is free, at least for now...

[@joev.7909]

​@@daddyinacaddyWHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN IDIOT IF THAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE A wISE ASS COMMENT????? FUK YOU IF IT IS!!!!!

[@veevanglak8147]

​@@daddyinacaddyyou should be ashamed of yourself making a comment like that

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

Millions of senior citizens are going to suffer terribly from Trump's policies! 💔😔

[@issac-j3m]

They live their best life . They could care less lol

[@billwhitis9997]

They are the ones that have voted for the right for the last 40 years. I feel no sympathy for them.

[@abraamkazaryan4342]

@@rosemariebredahl9519 imagine all that money that went to Ukraine because of Biden

[@abraamkazaryan4342]

@@rosemariebredahl9519 We could’ve helped the poor people by not sending millions to Ukraine

[@abraamkazaryan4342]

@@rosemariebredahl9519 try not to blame Trump for everything that’s happened in the past four years

[@AlbanPattaya]

Republicans = far right Democrats = moderate right With these two sides, vulnerable Americans will suffer. Politicians don't want to help the vulnerable. They are on their own...😢

[@meestermole2412]

the current system allows too many people to be "vulnerable" and lets them TAKE TAKE TAKE from the people who REALLY need it

[@AlbanPattaya]

@meestermole2412 i was a sbux manager for 10 years. Worked my ass off, 80 hours a week, couldn't afford some doctors i needed to see. I mean , come on !!!

[@scottlowe5961]

I’m confused, this is TYT and that’s Ann, but she didn’t blame the Democrats for everything.

[@PurpleVR111]

Yep her and Cenk,now are supportive of Trump...TYT worried about losing their channel.The afraid are all doing this,educate yourself,look at some of left-wing channels...same as mainstream media😮

[@paulvamos7319]

What are they gonna do when over 100 million Americans can't even afford to buy food? 😢

[@worrywart1311]

Chew the fat.

[@Underdog271]

Crime will skyrocket

[@paulvamos7319]

@@worrywart1311 What happens when even that becomes too expensive?

[@tcandrews8430]

People will be forced to stand in long lines to get food.

[@paulvamos7319]

@tcandrews8430 Just like in communist countries! 🙄

[@warrpedd]

America: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of corporate profits!

[@TotalWater-d2o]

Land of the Free =/= Land of Free Sht.

[@bloodsheder99]

​@@TotalWater-d2oIt does when you're rich and well connected.

[@db-ne9fy]

@@warrpedd life and Liberty??? Since when? 😂

[@jamiewalters9138]

Have you heard about the government paying dairy farmers to dump milk instead of giving it away?

[@kissmygrassgarden5973]

I work with individuals with developmental disabilities have a deep sense of dread for them especially how potus feels about people with disabilities!

[@kimscaffer7185]

I have thyroid, diabetes, Hiroshima, and a son with autism. I have 3 children at home. I am a single mom that works 2 jobs to keep up with a $1300 mortgage payment. I am trying my best. We are on medicaid, because employer doesn't have. My sugar went up because ozembic was denied by medicaid. But, people can get it just to lose weight cutting our medicaid, what happens if I end up in coma? This is crazy! I was raised if you work hard, then you will be able to survive financially. I pay taxes, work hard and not eligible for food stamps. I went to college, yet can't find a job more than $15 an hour. It costs me $350 a week for food. Yet, cut our health care. This is not right.

[@chanansiegel834]

I am in a similar position but I do get snap benefits. I don’t think he will cut your healthcare. You are working which is what they want plus you have children if anything they will be going after the cat ladies and dog men’s. But we would both be in a world of hurt if they did a blanket attack on Medicaid

[@Storytimemike]

@@chanansiegel834 if they do screw you over then don’t be mad cause that’s what you voted for just go ahead and eat up

[@octavioalvarez1637]

If you voted for trump don't worry he's going to take care of you,In the meantime get a third job, if you didn't vote for trump you can thank your family and friends that voted for that ass....

[@jayquentin2256]

@@octavioalvarez1637Can you elaborate more on how exactly he will take care of her?

[@chiccabay9911]

This is awful.America is really very backward..what the heck are food stamps.?WOW.Best of luck,take care.

[@Delboy0]

The working class voted for this, now they will see the consequences of the stupidity.

[@bsadewitz]

@@Delboy0 them's us. I mean are you not a prole like most of us?

[@cydonia3167]

My retired mother makes $1100 per month on SS and that is her only income. She gets $50.00 a month in SNAP. This is not the place we should be looking at cutting. Its peanuts compared to the rest of the government bloat.

[@karimbennett5651]

When they get finished cutting her SNAP, they will look towards cutting her Social Security.

[@amoshall642]

Grandmama in trouble

[@shirleyfreeders]

It's only going to hurt the already poor people that is really sad 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@abraamkazaryan4342]

@@shirleyfreeders who has been hurting the poor people this last four years, not Trump

[@shirleyfreeders]

@abraamkazaryan4342 you're right they just need to the people on social security alone I have paid my dues so now that I'm entitled to I don't want them to touch it

[@shade1608]

@@shirleyfreeders I'm sure you did, but as I understand it the problem with it today is that what older generations put into was not banked it was squandered, so in effect there is no money there, except what the current working population pays into it. So now we have a shrinking youth population that is paying for it, combine that with a growing retiring population going on SS and there is a fundamental problem, it won't be able to sustain itself. I believe the estimate is that we will no longer be able to pay SS in a few years because what is being put into will not be enough to cover all of the people on it. So essentially what we need is a huge baby boom. No doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong about that forecast.

[@ashleybeasley5429]

Oh it get so worse! My son at23 years has end stage renal disease sped up by the insurance company blocking blood pressure meds after 3weeks he blew through his kidneys! It's nuts. He learned the hard way talk to mom about health insurance barriers. He is now unemployed, waiting 5 months for disability, we have a pending foodstamp application. He will loose his house, ruin his credit while others win win win over a med that coat $10/month

[@Ozfreerider_adventures]

So what’s your point exactly ?

[@ashleybeasley5429]

@Ozfreerider_adventures if you were told, you can't go back to work, your benefit we know you need will not come in. The insurance there to help us is blocked scrutinized so dod can have other wars.

[@WhatAudryEats]

Florida has already started taking away some people's snap/ bet benefits. I know a woman with two babies, she's working and still can barely afford food. her benefits food stamps went from $500/ month to $330 but she won't actually get that money this month because DCF has sent her a letter saying she needs to contact them for her re-certification interview YET THEY HAVEN'T PICKED UP THE PHONE ANY OF THE TIMES SHES CALLED THEM FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS! I also know a 21 year old mom of a toddler who makes about 2,000 a month and she also got her child's medicaid taken away because SHE MADE TOO MUCH MONEY! they now reduced her food Stamps from $200/ month to $30/ month!!! Florida DCF picks up no phones, provides no other ways to contact them they just don't give a F about parents struggling to feed their kids anymore.

[@HypatiaMuse]

Oh yes, FL has been terrible for the working poor, disabled and non-wealthy elderly for a while.

[@scifirealism5943]

Wow

[@wendylowen4227]

And they overwhelming voted for trump

[@KD-nk3ht]

@WhatAudryEats She should take her fat rear end down there in person. Or better yet, get off the government teat.

[@KD-nk3ht]

@@wendylowen4227 I'll bet the food stamp mama didn't 😆

[@icu64x]

When you take everything away from the masses, they have nothing to lose. And when you have nothing to lose and that much to regain, anything goes. CAREFUL!!

[@wshodge4449]

The main good reason for Social security, half the active economy, restaurants, hospitals, gas stations, power suppliers on and on rely on the money retired people spend. You want to shrink your economy LOCALLY, diminish the purchasing power of the retired people. Good luck with your quagmire. Your gonna need it.

[@joehenry9546]

@@wshodge4449 , which is exactly why Trump wants to implant a zero income tax on retirees collecting social security.

[@KalisFlame]

@@joehenry9546 lol. There will be nothing to tax.

[@thegreypath1777]

Abolish the Electoral College!!!

[@9idrox448]

Well deserved. Americans voted for it. No panic. You get what you vote for 😂😂😂

[@catpaladin1]

Many of us Americans did not vote for it. Stop with the generalizations

[@559IC]

Ana you helped get this guy in office, hope you’re happy!!!

[@CHIEF_420]

💀

[@ericbentsen1785]

It's all about screw the poor and don't touch the rich.

[@JaronPope]

@@ericbentsen1785 Bidenomics

[@abraamkazaryan4342]

@@ericbentsen1785 I know right! ESPECIALLY when they send our tax dollars to UKRAINE. It’s not just one party

[@bud1239]

No it won't if we are talking about tax breaks that are no tax on tips and no tax on overtime. That would disproportionally help the poor

[@JaronPope]

@@ericbentsen1785 we should end all entitlements. Thats a tax on you.

[@Peter-jo6yu]

@@abraamkazaryan4342 Russian bot

[@johnpeek2122]

I’m a low income person. Trump’s first set of tariffs has made me unable to save money. I now live paycheck to paycheck.

[@I.like.my.own.comments]

Don’t blame Trump because you suck with money.

[@Jabari-q4d]

Trump, who isn’t in office and has no authority to place tariffs, has already instituted tariffs and you’re suffering because of it? 😂😂😂😂 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 *Look at how many likes you have, TYT watchers are very smart*

[@MrDb135i]

Poor trump voters will suffer their consequences...we told em!

[@forresthale9529]

It'll affect liberals as well, and they didn't bother to vote.

[@TrollinOn22s]

​@@forresthale9529Blue states still have higher incomes, which equates to more in SS payments. No income tax also means higher property tax.

[@felichia808]

​​@@TrollinOn22sStates collect state income tax in addition to property taxes 🙄

[@joehenry9546]

@@TrollinOn22s , property tax is collected by at the state level, not the Federal.

social security going bankrupt in 5 years regardless....or u didnt get the memo?^^

[@stevyyjay85]

I have no sympathy with Trump voters. They wanted this.

[@PatrickRockwell24]

Higher taxes, reduced economic output, lower jobs, lower wages, lower or no benefits, less innovation. Reducing economic output should be the last thing a nation with a 1 #trillion and GROWING interest payment on national debt should be considering.

[@scifirealism5943]

To force poor people into minimum wage jobs

[@PatrickRockwell24]

@@scifirealism5943 People are poor because they don't have any skills or education. Whose fault is that? You never see people complaining with degrees in high paying jobs.

[@scifirealism5943]

@@PatrickRockwell24 minimum wage jobs are dead-end and give you no skills. Restricting welfare doesn't change the skills of the poor or their children. USA does not offer affordable college for the poor. The poor are not to blame, it is the rich and corporations.

[@sfi3807]

​@@PatrickRockwell24if people have no skills, how will reducing or eliminating welfare change that? So if you eliminate food stamps, a cashier job becomes a doctor job now? If someone lacks skills themselves, they probably can't increase the skills of their children. And college is unaffordable to many poor people, so they're locked out of obtaining degrees.

[@dystopia-usa]

Enjoy the oligarchy that most voters have been cluelessly voting for these last 40-50 years.

[@TheFlyingHambone]

the only solace I get, cause I voted for Kamala and am a descendant of immigrants myself, is that all I've been doing the past 2 years is go to work, pay my bills, live within my means, and invest the trash fiat united states dollar that keeps inflating into something real, as silly as that may sound. I've got a 6 figure net worth for the first time in my life. Thanks, Trump? Cardano was going to succeed either way, imo.

[@terrencemyers1033]

Electing a convicted felon to the Oval Office is insane.

[@harryfarber6435]

I know right? He was sentenced to 4 more years in the Whitehouse. He’s going to run it from his golf course y’know? Imagine how much it’ll cost you. You’ll have to get a job and all

[@terrencemyers1033]

@@harryfarber6435 I already have a good paying job.

[@harryfarber6435]

@terrencemyers1033, That’s great ! Then you’re ok with being project25’d . Who’s a g’boi?

[@terrencemyers1033]

@@harryfarber6435 I am okay with Bible prophecy colonizer.

[@abraamkazaryan4342]

@@terrencemyers1033 don’t forget who the president that sent millions of your tax dollars to Ukraine while you’re having trouble filling up your gas tank

[@typeviic1]

So..........Americans voted for government-forced austerity.

[@emmanueljp2449]

What’s the American voters voted for, MAKE AMERICA POOR AGAIN AND AGAIN.

[@sarahtuor6500]

I wish the Republican Party would attempt to eat for a month on what people get for food stamps. They most likely wouldn't be able to stretch it for more than 1 week, smfh😢

[@Jabari-q4d]

So you’re saying continue to fund food stamps so poor people can buy Pepsi and slim Jim’s and candy?

[@vickilostritto4571]

how about stop sending Israel billions of dollars every year of our tax money 🤬🤬😡😡🤬🤬🤬

[@P.I.Joe33]

*ukraine

[@RobinRockefeller]

​@@P.I.Joe33..nope Israel.. they cost the most..

[@P.I.Joe33]

@@RobinRockefeller I shouldn’t have put the * because I really meant both.

[@aguy6641]

The problem is all political parties are failures that don't help the average person. Democrats are great at saying high tax for the rich but they need that donor money.

[@ayokay123]

You are correct. Neither party helps Joe Average. It's the reason folks kick the incumbent out every other election cycle.

[@scifirealism5943]

You're right. both parties ignore the poor

[@jennylundindraper1297]

Anyone who voted TRUMP better not complain, sit back and enjoy what you supported. I could never fall for his obvious grift and moronic rhetoric, behavior. 💯

[@Aromatherapy1]

Get ready for Trump's awesomeness!

[@danthsmith]

If only Americans knew how the rest of the world does healthcare they wouldn’t accept their terrible system

[@WilkinsMichael]

They do, they get told all the time but they just can’t seem to stand up for themselves.

[@crazywaffleking]

I'm in Canada and have no doctor. You only get health care if you show up at a hospital, and even then unless it is an emergency you will be turned away. Health care used to be amazing here but every year it gets worse

[@TotalWater-d2o]

America = Land of the Free =/= Land of Free sht.

[@WilkinsMichael]

@@crazywaffleking I've been away for such a long time I didn't realize how bad healthcare in Canada had gotten until recently. Why do people stand for it? I understand it might be hard to get state-of-the-art specialized care but not being able to just go to the doctor is insane.

[@Delboy0]

@@crazywafflekingstop whining you get care and you can go private for cheap price too. The USA people are paying 5k for ambulance and 100k if they are in hospital for a few weeks, you really want that system in Canada. Some people take for granted how good they get it.

[@josiahirondreads3211]

At the end of the day. The voters decided this. It’s the voters fault. Period

[@stevewatt4819]

I draw 1400 a month on disability, the judge gave me that plus medicaid. Last year medicaid said I make TOO much and put me on a spend-down plan which means I have to pay them or have enough monthly bills to equal $342 or they won't cover me. It's pretty bad when you can't afford Medicaid!

[@AlyxCoe]

Terrible.

[@sfi3807]

Republicans refuse to eliminate the welfare trap of a too low poverty threshold.

[@davidstephenson7251]

How many billions do these rich greedy people need it's sickening

[@meestermole2412]

by rich greedy people, do you mean the ones with the mansions on Martha's Vineyard, or Cape Cod? Or those with the massive mansions in upstate New York, or Connecticut? You know the ones from the Blue states - the people who care about you

[@victorrowan3118]

@meestermole2412 Like the ones that paid Clarence Thomas and Alito to make rulings in favor of their business interests .

[@peregrine116]

Greed has no morals or bottom. It will never be enough...no matter how cruel. The formula is simple. The less the government pays out, the more they can gouge and exploit. Duh! Read your history. The greedy COULD make more money by distributing the wealth and then gouge. That's how it used to be after the great war until 1979 (imbargo) but that was too complicated. Just make the peasants pay taxes. Cut all benefits - then the lies and the steal. Simple yes?

[@scifirealism5943]

​@@peregrine116yep

[@peregrine116]

@@meestermole2412 Don't over complicate things. Greed has no color. The means has no matter.

[@wespeakforthetrees]

At 67 years old I get these benefits. My social security is just over $1100 per month. My SNAP food stamp amount is a joke, Less than $100. But I'm grateful, something, is a lot better than nothing. Before I got social security I was literally homeless. Now I have a roof over my head and enough to eat. Hot water and a toilet are a blessing! Do I get enough? Yes. Am I rich? Not by a long shot. Am I scamming the system? No. I worked since I was 12 years old, I paid my dues. I am entitled to a comfortable old age. This country has a social safety net. Is it perfect? No. But it beats the heck out of the situation in Russia. They do get pension benefits, about $100 per month. Not enough to survive on. They have to grow food and chop firewood and one in five don't even have a toilet, much less a washing machine. Count your blessings Americans, we have it good. Of course Trump want's to take it all away to give tax cuts to the filthy rich. And all the chumps who voted for him are going to get a nasty wake up call. I'm going to suffer with them, But I'm going to gloat as well. These people deserve what is about to happen to them. Willful ignorance is not a survival trait. KMAG YOYO

[@YvonneMcLay]

You seem to think America has it good - well of course they do compared to Russia and North Korea - how about looking at the 100 or more other countries around the planet that have a vastly better Social Security system than the USA, that’s what you should be aspiring to.

[@scifirealism5943]

Yep

[@wespeakforthetrees]

@@YvonneMcLay I do know many other countries have far better social safety nets. My point is that this country, while far from ideal is giving me enough to live on and more. Do I aspire to, as you put it to something better? Hell yeah. Universal health care. No fault insurance like they have in Canada. I could go on but I totally get your point and I agree.

[@sfi3807]

Ok

[@The5thBranch]

Half of America needs to learn a lesson about the Republican Party and for voting for Trump. Let Trump do everything he wants, don’t stand in his way.

[@Allen-tm9xn]

Then a Democrat will get in there and straighten all of his mess up !🙄

[@lamontewilliams203]

I totally agree...

[@c4tmh133]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon Bonaparte

[@dad.20]

Health care should be for everyone. I agree we are richest country in the world should be able to take care of everyones health.

[@kaleigh5125]

We are the only developed country in the world to not have universal health care.

[@ItisOKtobewhite]

Can't when millions of illegals flood the country.

[@scifirealism5943]

Yep

[@Allen-tm9xn]

I hope the Senate and house will not go along with any of his bulshit ! If they want to get reelected they better not screw with social security !

[@adambakelar1798]

Ya, thanks for your help with the election and all your anti Biden crap. Good job, you helped make this happen.

[@wyattcarver3660]

I love how when it comes to tariffs, all of the sudden leftists understand the concept of a tax being a cost that gets passed on to the consumer. But when you change the topic to corporate taxes, they don't apply the same logic. Ana literally said that a tariff is a tax, and that obviously corporations will pass that cost along to the consumer, which she says would be a "disaster" for the economy. But she also constantly advocates for raising the corporate tax rate. Make it make sense.

[@gilzpack0221]

Well said. As Thomas Sowell says “there are no solutions only trade offs”. The real question should be will the proposed policy result in growth? That should be the debate.

[@ektrader211]

She misses her own hypocrisy all the time.

[@bloodsheder99]

Tariffs are taxes on imported goods. Corporate taxes are taxes on yearly 👉income👈 or earnings. Did you honestly not know the difference?

[@ektrader211]

@ I know exactly what tartifs are. You guys “””assume””” EVERYTHING is going to have a tariff… 🤣🤣

[@Ghostrider1717x]

@@wyattcarver3660 how about raising corporate taxes so I don’t pay a larger percentage on income than Amazon!

[@benjaminbrenner745]

So a billionaire president elect puts two more billionaires in charge of government efficiency and another billionaire in charge of the department of Treasury. But of course, he has the common person's best interest at heart. Good grief people.

[@mr.majestic3851]

Its a billionaire takeover just the way they wanted it , fool the people first then ride the gravy train

[@victorrowan3118]

@benjaminbrenner745 They only watch fox propaganda. That's why the red states had the most covid deaths. Trumpolini deregulated the railways safety regulations, and East Palestine Ohio had the chemical spill. Out dated brake systems and too much tonage I could go on about this all day. Peace out

[@redpillforyou]

@@benjaminbrenner745 he puts to successful billionaires who know how to manage finances as well as having the ability to get stuff done and as well as reduce spending on stupid wars. When they do that the War will weaken because America spending make the war more stronger when money isn't being spent the war gets weaker. I had to break this down to your low level of comprehension. Look Musk trump vivek they don't need your money as a matter of fact during Donald Trump first tenor he never took a salary, show me any president who didn't take a salary while In office

[@stalbaum]

I live in a poor red place. Sometimes people deserve to get exactly what they voted for.

[@evapeace2385]

Anne you got the president you wanted! Why are you complaining now?????????

[@bolofinder9750]

The ORANGE TURDS administration is going to resemble HUNGER GAMES…literally

[@redpillforyou]

@@bolofinder9750 Your candidate wants to lead us to world war 3. Your candidate spent 200 billions funding a war, your candidate can't manage 1 billion in campaigns, your candidate censor people they don't like, your candidate put immigrants on hotels why citizens are kicked out of their home if they can't afford rent, your candidate focus more on abortion than economy, your candidate is fuelling the Israel war instead of trying to settle it, your candidate made the tax payers feel unimportant, your candidate want men in women bathroom, imagine taking your little girl to mac Donald and she went into a restroom and yiu see dudes wearing makeup come out

[@clpasztor]

Not to mention, this would be a death sentence for thousands of disabled people.

[@scifirealism5943]

That's fine according to Trump because he views disabled people as a burden

[@clpasztor]

@ this whole society see’s disabled people as a burden

[@scifirealism5943]

@@clpasztor I don't. I don't see the disabled as a burden. But I'm poor and can't run for office

[@notmyname4261]

Socialism for the rich, fascism for the rest.

[@julesnagbunga1204]

Socialism is not for the rich! Fascism is for the rich and powerful!

[@KalisFlame]

@@notmyname4261 no. Oligarchy.

[@rayh.9973]

My mom has dementia and she absolutely depends on medicaid to pay for her care. I have no idea what I'm going to do if she loses her benefits.

[@skillethead15]

Exactly why this election was so important. A lot of people will be screwed by this. But America decided they were ok with Trump handing off our taxes to the oligarchs because of their hate for immigrants. And we will all suffer because of it.

[@uncomfortabletruth5915]

@@rayh.9973 we survived before medicaid, unfortunately many of us are going to lose health insurance. Obamacare, medicaid Supplemental nutrition programs, all will be part of the austerity. Americans have to relive 1920s underclass apartheid, every few generations, in order to remember What that felt like.

[@RealJackHQ]

I’m hoping your Mom can keep her benefits Ray. I hope she’s hanging in there. 🙏💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@redpillforyou]

@@rayh.9973 your mom is in that condition because everything we eat contain too much chemical trump administration will fuck that

[@scifirealism5943]

I feel your pain

[@marlonbeckett8793]

This is what they voted for I'm just here for the ride

[@lincolndachane1484]

Congress passes laws and budgets. 4 years from now you will be asked are you better off than you were 4 years ago. Remember today.

[@chrisbaker2669]

We get ripped off on medicine because we don’t have price controls on medicine. Price controls on medicine actually work and countries like Japan prove that because they pay 1/10 what we pay for the same medicine.

[@evonanderson905]

In Australia the government has negotiated with drug companies for reasonable prices, and a list of 928 medicines are subsidized by the government. These items cost a maximum of A$31.60 ($US21) or A$7.70 (US$5) for pensioners/unemployed etc. Once a person (or couple) has spent A$1,647.90 (US$1,100) or A$277.20 (US$176) on medicines, they are free for the rest of the year. (Note: my currency conversions are approximate.) If a little country like Australia can negotiate lower prices with the drug companies and subsidize them for people needing support, why can't the US???

[@gabriellecunningham7196]

​@@evonanderson905💯🇦🇺

[@fusion353]

what I can not understand is? why not have a Universal Health care? we have a indirect public healthcare run by the greedy private corporations, which will always come out more expensive, because includes corporations making money off of what the government pays, if the government runs the system directly you get rid of the cut corporations make out of the bill, which will be way cheaper, let private corporation run freely with their own money, and compete with publicly run hospitals and doctors, and you'll see prices come down from the private corporations.

[@cindyp5132]

As an insurance expert, I agree.

[@scifirealism5943]

Because Trump wants to force poor people to work for slave wages

[@sfi3807]

To ensure people work for slave wages

[@Joe-ey7cu]

The billionaires don't have enough so they have to take from the mouths of the elderly ?

[@jonathanstein5049]

Trump's new motto......screw America.

[@richardleelman9404]

It's a great time to be a billionaire!!

[@seanwjones07]

Greed will destroy the USA

[@JaronPope]

@@seanwjones07 Democrats almost destroyed America

[@TotalWater-d2o]

Not likely. The Capitalist system that creates wealth disparity is also responsible for the technological and medical advances that have led to the average person alive today living a life better than a king a mere hundred years ago. We are SO GOOD and decreasing the cost and increasing the availability of luxury goods that we have created a culture of mass consumerism. If there is a path to a Star Trek style post-scarcity society, this is it.

[@paulvamos7319]

@@TotalWater-d2o What are you going to do when over 100 million Americans can no longer afford to buy food?

[@TotalWater-d2o]

@@paulvamos7319 That's a non-starter because the contrived scenario you're proposing has no chance of actually happening in reality.

[@paulvamos7319]

@TotalWater-d2o There are more than 100 million Americans in this country that couldn't even afford to lose 100 dollars from their Social Security or become homeless! Greed is what runs the country today!

[@ecobean3440]

This has been the same argument for 50 yrs. Something's got to change. We're 36 Trillion in debt because wealthy Corporations receive government funding for doing next to nothing for poor people. And it's the government restrictions that keeps poor people poor. They can't work a decent job or they risk losing government assistance, so poor people feel helpless and in need for more government aid. More government aid that benefits the greedy and wealthy and not the poor. It's the old feed a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime story. Poor people need living wage jobs not government handouts. When people work they feel like a human being, not like a government number.

[@scifirealism5943]

Hey there! I'm poor myself. And poor people need BOTH, because we all can fall on hard times! Even having a living wage job does not prevent injury or destitution!

[@evonanderson905]

When he was elected last time, Donald Trump said he would reduce the deficit, but he increased it by $7.8 TRILLION in only four years. A month or so ago when he was asked what he will do about the deficit he grandly said he will "fix it". He will "WRITE A CRYPTO CHECK". Not only does he not understand how tariffs work, he also doesn't know what crypto is.

[@ecobean3440]

@@scifirealism5943 The welfare system is designed to keep us poor. If we make too much money on a job or business we risk losing our government benefits and in most cases that includes housing and food. So what do we do? Do we continue working on a job that won't cover housing, utilities, and food expenses or do we quit our job and live off of government? And Congress doesn't help with welfare. They will pass mult-billion bills to be used as aid to the poor and most of that money will never be used to aid the poor. Most of that money will be used to go towards a wealthy landlord, or food corporations while they tighten restrictions on government aid to the poor. This has been an endless cycle of poverty which has been ongoing since the 1970s, and all we witness is our low income communities continue to deteriorate decade after decade while Congress continues to pass bills for billions that benefits the wealthy in the name of government aid to the poor.

[@tonyd4151]

Politicians have no idea how pissed off people are right now. You start taking away what little money people have now, you're playing with fire.

[@elizabethmarshall1996]

😂Now the poor red states will miss Obama care Social Security for mental illness Food stamps Wic so Get a Job and Blame the Felon you voted for😂😂😂lol

[@catpaladin1]

Don’t forget the help to educate kids who need help. When they destroy the Department of Education they remove the assistance for head start, IEP, food help, and more

[@neonshadow5005]

Of course he's going to do this .. and oh how MAGAs will cry, seeing how many of them relay on these.

[@Brother_Dre1900]

Ana, in your own way, whether you realize this, or not-you helped fuel the flames for VP Harris' loss, and Trump's victory. Donald Trump reminds you of a grumpy family member, whose political views you hold to be detestable, overall, but yet you find them endearing-because they're family. He represented your "people", right?

[@curt7140]

Wow that’s a pretty racist comment.

[@Brother_Dre1900]

@curt7140 how is it racist? It is not racist, but right on the money. You're engaging in projection. Or, you are an overly sensitive snowflake.

[@robinkmarshall6614]

Taking social security will be less money into the economy. And everyone who paid into it all their lives should be Refunded.

[@sheh.9163]

They told us Everything and Exactly what they were going to do… wrote it out… so why is anyone surprised?

[@DavidPage-u7x]

so many stupid Americans!

[@joev.7909]

​@@DavidPage-u7x AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!!!

[@eliflynn7282]

@@sheh.9163 because mfkrs can't read or write in America let alone listen!! 2 + 2 is duhhhhh???

[@laodrofotic7713]

Do you know what happens to rich people once you go too far on the working class, middle class and the poor? You are about to find out.

[@marcosolo6491]

*"Do you know what happens to rich people once you go too far on the working class, middle class and the poor"* In USA? Nothing. This is not France. We are nowhere close to "too far". None of the homeless are taking it to the street (in a manner of speaking), they will always bend and take it quietly. The middle class is won't take it to the streets either; contrary to the alarmist, they are actually doing fine, and the carrot (american dream) and the stick (threat of homelessness) keeps them in line.

[@joehenry9546]

@@laodrofotic7713 , the top 10% of income earners pay around 75% of taxes in the United States. How exactly are they not paying their fair share? The rest is pretty much paid for by the middle class.

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

@@joehenry9546that talking point has been debunked as irrelevant since 35 years ago. The percentage of taxes they pay cumulatively isn't the issue, it's the percentage they pay from their own income. They might pay 75% of the taxes but they do it using the equivalent of couch cushion change while *we* pay entire paychecks' worth. What's that tell you about how much money they actually have? That should tell you one thing: they're tossing out a few hundred thousands of dollars in taxes every year *but they don't even feel it* 🙄 when was the last time you tossed $350,000 into a f*cking garbage disposal & didn't even know it?

[@Jabari-q4d]

@@Matthew.E.Kelly.sounds like an argument for Trump. With Elon and Vivek slashing entire departments, eliminating layers of bureaucracy and entrenched useless government workers and programs, the government needs less money. With less money needed, more stays in the pockets on middle class while the wealthy continue paying - since they can throw it in the disposal and not notice.

[@okugboedwin]

@@Matthew.E.Kelly. Your problem is not people who make money. Stop thinking like a communist. Your problem is politicians who spend the money. Communism teaches you to hate the producers (entrepreneurs) and love the consumers (politicians)

[@jimbo6993]

If prices go up because of tariffs, I’ll just buy less of everything. I’ve already cut way back on spending. If millions of people do that, the economy goes down the drain. Heck of a plan you got there, Trumpy.

[@techwretch]

But we knew this, so what baffles me is when Kamala Harris was running, TYT bashed her turning off those on the fence, instead of supporting her then holding her accountable.

[@zappas10]

That’s what I said to Trump supporters, “Be careful what you wish for”. Millions of Americans will lose their Social Security, Medicare, SSI…

[@55points]

delusional or just plain old dumb.

[@jasonscottmarkowitz]

​@@55points yes you are.

[@rgrif777]

There is a reason why Social Security and Medicare are Mandatory Spending. The problem is not Spending. The problem is Revenue. The rich need to pay their fair share and the fair share they have not been paying all this time. Trump said he wouldn't hurt Social Security during his campaigning. Let's see if he lies. This country does want Socialism, but only for the rich. They insanely want the poor and middle class to make the rich richer. Musk says there will be hardships. Will the rich suffer hardships? Who will suffer, the people who work or those sponging off everyone else?

[@KathyIngram-iz5kl]

We earned our social security

[@scifirealism5943]

Yes

[@shade1608]

I'm sure you did, but as I understand it the problem with it today is that what older generations put into was not banked it was squandered, so in effect there is no money there, except what the current working population pays into it. So now we have a shrinking youth population that is paying for it, combine that with a growing retiring population going on SS and there is a fundamental problem, it won't be able to sustain itself. I believe the estimate is that we will no longer be able to pay SS in a few years because what is being put into will not be enough to cover all of the people on it. So essentially what we need is a huge baby boom. No doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong about that forecast.

[@willking9043]

​@@shade1608you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how SS works. I'm not going to go through the whole thing, but as an example only the trust runs out of money in a few years.

[@shade1608]

@@willking9043 ok, so the trust runs out of money. who will then pay the money that supports or replenishes the trust to pay for the multiple generations that are receiving it? The SS taxes from the current generation(s) of workers yes?

[@willking9043]

@@shade1608 again, you clearly have a misunderstanding of how the whole thing works. Once the trust is gone it's gone. I really don't have the patience to baby walk you through how SS works.

[@iamsemjaza]

The work requirement for food stamps should ALSO be REMOVED.

[@scifirealism5943]

I wish. It exists to force poor people into minimum wage jobs

[@KITLEVEY]

Dear trump voters - Remember, You Wanted This.

[@adamthesurgeon6164]

Mm like tom cruise in that movie

[@cassowary415]

@KITLEVEY buddy...this wouldn't just affect trump voters. and, either way, you should care about other human beings.

[@RealYRM]

Trump got good results for the poor and working class. California has had a Democrat super-majority since 2018 and has gotten horrible results for the poor and working class. Millions have fled the state, thousands of companies have fled the state. It costs a lot of time, money, and inconvenience to move, but it became easier for people to flee California than stay there. They've fled to red states like Oklahoma, Texas, Florida in many cases. If we just look at it like a science experiment, what evidence do you have that Democrats have good ideas that work? When they get total, veto-proof control, Democrats get horrific results. Why is that?