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pipefocker | 7 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +2 
 In case you were thinking of retiring some day, bad news from Janet Yellen: 

Social Security and Medicare are now underfunded by $175 trillion.

That comes to roughly $1.4 million per American household.

There are only 3 solutions: 
- slash beneficiaries
- massively hike taxes, or 
- cut everybody’s benefit to poverty level.
https://m.primal.net/HopQ.mov
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bataroot | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 probably fine in Chinada though... 🤣
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pipefocker | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 In Chinada, budgets are balancing themselves…
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bataroot | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 the beauty of living in Santa Claus country. 🎅
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Brunswick | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 One of many reasons #bitcoin is a necessity

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piklballbob | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm retired and drawing Social Security now. I hope it will last a few more years. The entire government is in the red. Bad management.