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Jo Jorgensen 2020 - First Female President

AlaskanAssassin

AlaskanAssassin

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If you are still trying to decide between two old white guys. If you are still trying to pick between a racist and a guy with dementia. If you are still trying to pick between two men who have a history of sexual assault and mistreatment of women. If you are still trying to pick between a guy who doesn't know when to shut up, and a guy that can barely get a sentence out. If you are still trying to pick between two people clearly not fit to be president............

Meet Jo Jorgensen (L)

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Highlights:

-Strong proponent of criminal justice reform. Believes we incarcerate far too many citizens.
-Opposes the war on drugs
-Supports demilitarizing police
-Favors withdrawing troops from foreign wars
-Promises to stop raising the debt ceiling and will veto spending that leads to a deficit
-Supports the option to opt out of Social Security
-She would immediately stop construction on the border wall

Best of all, she is not Donald Trump or Joe Biden, the worst two options of the two major parties I've seen in my lifetime.

I'm With Her
 
One Brow said:
What happens to seniors whose life saving get wiped out through some misfortune?
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Two Part Answer:

1- The same thing that happened to seniors who didn't have retirement income/savings before 1940. (when regular social security benefits commenced).
They seek help from family (most commonly move in with them), friends, and charity.

2- A better question to ask is 'What is going to happen to seniors living solely off of social security when the US faces hyper-inflation as a result of growing deficits and money printing?' An inevitability that will likely be triggered once the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/07/the...r-could-lose-its-special-global-standing.html
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
Two Part Answer:

1- The same thing that happened to seniors who didn't have retirement income/savings before 1940. (when regular social security benefits commenced).
They seek help from family (most commonly move in with them), friends, and charity.

2- A better question to ask is 'What is going to happen to seniors living solely off of social security when the US faces hyper-inflation as a result of growing deficits and money printing?' An inevitability that will likely be triggered once the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/07/the...r-could-lose-its-special-global-standing.html
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These people don't understand Charity or deficits.
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
Two Part Answer:

1- The same thing that happened to seniors who didn't have retirement income/savings before 1940. (when regular social security benefits commenced).
They seek help from family (most commonly move in with them), friends, and charity.
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For those without family or friends, there's always just dying off. Much like we have forgotten just how bad polio and measles really were, we have forgotten what senior poverty really means.

AlaskanAssassin said:
2- A better question to ask is 'What is going to happen to seniors living solely off of social security when the US faces hyper-inflation as a result of growing deficits and money printing?' An inevitability that will likely be triggered once the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/07/the...r-could-lose-its-special-global-standing.html
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Other countries seems to be managing avoiding senior poverty without deficits and excessive money printing. We'll likely find a way as well.
 
One Brow said:
Other countries seems to be managing avoiding senior poverty without deficits and excessive money printing. We'll likely find a way as well.
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We should copy of their papers.

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One Brow said:
For those without family or friends, there's always just dying off. Much like we have forgotten just how bad polio and measles really were, we have forgotten what senior poverty really means.
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Was there massive elderly homelessness and poverty issues pre-1940? That's a serious question. If there was, I haven't read much about it. Also, remember that this would be elective. No one would be forced off of Social Security if they want to go that route. I think the amount of people that would elect to opt out (small %) and don't have family to rely on would be an extremely small percentage of people, all of which could be supported by private, voluntary charities.

One Brow said:
Other countries seems to be managing avoiding senior poverty without deficits and excessive money printing. We'll likely find a way as well.
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I have a hard time seeing how we will find a way. We continue to spend more than we tax, and as a country, consume more than we produce. No politician (aside from a few) seem to genuinely care about the deficit/national debt. They think we can live in this fantasy land bubble economy forever.
 
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