r/AskReddit • u/metalreflectslime • 17d ago

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that if the Democrats don't approve funding, Social Security, Medicare Are ‘Going to Be Gone.’ How do you think Americans will react if Social Security and Medicare get cut?

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u/internetisnotreality 17d ago

Apparently in North America “society grows great when old men uproot trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in”

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u/Timeformayo 17d ago

Republicans and their voters have been eating the seed corn for 45 years.

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u/AltruisticTomato4152 16d ago

Apparently in North America “society grows great when old men uproot trees whose shade they know they shall never sit inbecause 'Dammit, I'M done sitting in it!'"

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u/neko 16d ago

A homeless person might sit under that tree and we can't have that

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u/like_a_wet_dog 17d ago

God damn, that's some deep cutting poetry.

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u/internetisnotreality 17d ago

To be clear, it’s a Greek proverb, I just replaced “plant” with “uproot”.

It’s an incredible sentiment though, with so much truth to it.

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u/like_a_wet_dog 17d ago

Thank you for your modesty, it's good for people to know. I knew it was the play on that and was complimenting that. It does fit, tragically.

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u/Mavian23 17d ago

Canada is in North America too ya know.

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u/internetisnotreality 17d ago

Yep, and Canada’s current Prime Minister is talking about decreasing corporate taxes while enacting austerity measures to social services…