The New York Times Has Decided We Need to Cut Social Security and Medicare - scheerpost.com
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By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) The New York Times editorial board came to a shocking realization this week: we are living on borrowed money. That was the headline of an editorial it ran calling for deficit reduction. Having discovered the deficit, the piece then went on to call for a combination of increased revenue […]
  • infinitevalence@discuss.online
    101·
    1 year ago

    Or… We correctly tax the rich, corporations, create a single payer medical system, and stop letting the Republicans blow massive deficits without limits and then turn around and point the finger at Democrats when they are not in power.

    Most of our current debt is from:

    • Iraq war (Republican)
    • Tax Cuts (Republican)
    • Afghanistan war (Republican)
    • More Tax Cuts (Republican)
    • Covid relief with no over site (Republican)

    If we stop the grift of the Right suddenly I bet we could have afforded to take care of every person born, and immigrating to the USA.

  • Fredselfish
    91·
    1 year ago

    It’s ran and owned by rich fucks who don’t pay into it of course they rather we work until we die and die when we are longer useful.

  • spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    62·
    1 year ago

    Right around the same time they started turning against trans folks. Almost like there’s been a change in management.