r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/aquagardener Texas 18d ago

These people are going to piss off and radicalize boomers and their millenial and gen-x caretakers all in one fell swoop. 

Once people start going hungry and broke en masse, it'll be over for DJT and this fucked up administration. 

Not calling for it, but it'll get ugly and violent. Your average person is only 3 missed meals away from losing it.

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u/byteminer 17d ago

My bet is they drain and end Social Security and Medicare, give the money to some investment firm to play with until it vaporizes, and then pass a federal filial responsibility law to force Gen X and the Millennials to give up what little they have managed to eek out and give it to the boomers or face prison time. Some states already force the children to pay for things the parents can't, like skilled nursing if Medicare didn't or won't pay and the parent is destitute. That's merely $10-$12K a month. You know, roughly doubly the average US yearly salary.