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[quote=Anonymous]Are you following this other thread OP?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1258089.page

I can’t tell if you’re hoping for reassurance, updated information, or something else.

Right now, decisions are being made by people who have never ever had to worry about money.  That’s not a good thing.
On the other hand, with Social Security, we’re talking about a program that many of us have been paying into since we were 14.  This is also happening at tax season, when most of us are thinking about what we pay to get government services. I say all of this because Republicans and Democrats who are not billionaires value these programs.  If SS is scrapped, thousands of people will be evicted from nursing homes, and probably millions of people will end up destitute and possibly homeless— because the federal government failed to live up to their agreements.  At that point, we will have a lot of Luigis with nothing to lose. I don’t think it will get to that point. While Musk, Trump, and even Vance might not care, every other politician will.
State level politicians will be well aware of all that will quickly be destroyed if a huge demographic group is suddenly no longer able to support themselves or spend money to help maintain the economy.  While Musk might just pick another country to ravage, even Trump, holed up in his mansion in Florida would not be able to avoid the fallout.

What I do think might happen though is that after raising this general threat, workers below a certain age — say 45, may be forced into some privatized system. And COLAs for older people might be less than adequate. 
This is just my very biased unsupported by actual data opinion. [/quote]

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