• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    If the DogeBags end up fucking with nearly everyone’s Social Security…they have not really thought this through.

    This country is armed to the teeth, and if some of those armed, and crazy, people realize that YOU are one of the people directly responsible for fucking with their lifeline (we are not talking about some faceless, byzantine bureaucracy here, we are talking about idiot fElon, his DogeBags, and their asinine “move fast and break things” mentality), well…let’s just say it might end very badly.

    All of these people, including the incel DogeBags, probably have a lot of security detail. But that security has to work 100% of the time. The crazies only need to be successful once…

  • dhork@lemmy.world
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    You all dont get it, they’re not going to cut Social Security, they’re going to take a cut of it. It is no mistake that Musk is going after the actual payment system. He is going to try and force all government payments to individuals (and maybe all other payments too) onto X.

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    13 hours ago

    How long until Americans realize, and start to flee to Canada and Mexico. I’d advice those countries to prepare for millions of US refugees. Don’t forget to include a bible and a gun in every care package to make them feel at home. Trump takes care of the immigration problem by making the US the worst place to be.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      12 hours ago

      The IRS is no threat to him personally, since the Republicans have ensured that it doesn’t have the funding to go after the BIG tax dodgers like himself.

      As for the DHS, ICE SHOULD be a threat to him since he broke visa rules and as such is technically in the country illegally, but that would require for the law to apply to politically connected billionaires…

    • Mayor Poopington@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Hope he doesn’t. I’m afraid they will use the IRS to go after the poor and the shredded remains of the middle class and ignore anyone actually committing tax fraud.

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        they will use the IRS to go after the poor and the shredded remains of the middle class and ignore anyone actually committing tax fraud.

        That’s the fun/infuriating part: due to a lack of funding, that’s already the case no matter who’s in charge of the IRS!

        It’s much more expensive for the IRS to audit the big fish and, knowing that, the GOP have made sure that they’re underfunded enough that their billionaire overlords like Musk can cheat on their taxes with impunity and never get audited.

  • adarza@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    During a news conference Friday, President Trump said that Americans’ social security would remain undisturbed by DOGE. “Social Security will not be touched, it will only be strengthened,” he said.

    you mean you’re going to uncap contributions and put a lower ceiling on what the most wealthy receive from it, while increasing benefits all around for everyone else??!?!?!?!!? wutuwaitinfor?

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      11 hours ago

      “will not be touched”

      “will be strengthened”

      How do you do the latter without doing the former? 🤔

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        Well, first you need to be senile and profoundly moronic. Then you just say things you think people want to hear.