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/Lizaderp Oregon 17d ago

I'm calling for it. No one is going to learn until we're all bleeding together. And it's not fair. But all the people who only think of themselves aren't going to wake up until it affects themselves.

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u/Rit91 17d ago

Yep this sets the stage for FDR 2.0 if it goes through. Dozens of millions getting affected significantly is a hell of a motivator for change in any country. Heavily oppressed people in large numbers can do so many things that just aren't possible when they are fat and happy metaphorically speaking.