IreneMichigan🏴‍☠️

[NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel]

Y’all acting like you’ve never seen an octogenarian drug addict whose never read a book & gets talking points from Putin after spending decades laundering money for the Russian mob & sex-trafficking girls w/his pal Jeffrey Epstein confuse Iran and Japan & screw up NATO before?

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump is using the government’s power to take ownership in private companies. It’s what Putin did.

Trump is the closest we’ve ever come to communism

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

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[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Labor force participation has fallen to 61.5% — the lowest since 2021, erasing the entire post-pandemic recovery.

Since Trump's inauguration, over a million people have left the job market — which explains part of the reason the unemployment rate dropped last month.

[Tim Hannan @TimHannan]

If you think liberals steal elections and control the weather but also let Republicans control all three branches of government you may be fucking stupid beyond repair.

[IreneMichigan🏴‍☠️ @IreneMichigan]

@DJRN0255

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

In the nick of time for the celebratory weekend in the USA, here's "Trumpy Doodle" - our 250th anniversary version of "Yankee Doodle" that you can also download as a song on Bandcamp, with the lyrics:
https://t.co/AzgAt4Zolz

#nokings #america250 🎶🚫👑✊

[Jared Ryan Sears @JaredRyanSears]

Social Security does not add to the national debt. It is even prohibited by law from borrowing money.

Politicians who talk about cutting or changing Social Security to address the debt are lying to you.

Here is how Social Security funding works:

Social Security is funded by payroll taxes. When more money comes in from payroll taxes than benefits that need to be paid out, Social Security is obligated to invest the surplus in Treasuries.

Treasuries are bonds. Governments and corporations issue bonds to generate money. A bond is a loan from the purchaser to the issuer.

A bond has a principal, a maturity date, and an interest rate. The principal is the value of the bond. When you buy a bond, you pay the principal. When the bond reaches its maturity date, the issuer is required to pay the principal back to the holder. The interest rate is the amount the issuer pays to the bondholder.

It is similar to how, when you take out a 30-year mortgage, you agree to a repayment schedule and to pay interest until the loan is repaid.

As Treasuries mature, if Social Security doesn't need that extra money, it rolls them over by buying new Treasuries.
When Social Security needs more money to cover benefits, it cashes out Treasuries.

The federal government has had a deficit for the past 25 years. This means that when it has to meet its obligations, it needs to borrow money.

This is how people claim that Social Security adds to the debt. That is ridiculous.

Companies and countries buy US Treasuries. You and I can buy them. Anyone holding a Treasury when it matures isn't increasing the debt. The government’s unbalanced budget is causing the debt.

Cutting Social Security will do nothing to get the US out of debt, but it would create hardship for millions of Americans.

Social Security currently has a shortfall, primarily because people are living longer and the large Boomer generation is retiring. In 1960, there were 5.1 people paying into Social Security. Today, there are only 2.7. The trust fund from past surpluses is keeping it afloat, but it is running out.

The easiest way to address the shortfall is to remove the tax cap on Social Security. Benefits do not have to be increased to do this. This is exactly what was done for Medicare in 1993. The tax cap was removed, and benefits weren't increased to better fund the program.

[IreneMichigan🏴‍☠️ @IreneMichigan]

@ScottBradyPA

[IreneMichigan🏴‍☠️ @IreneMichigan]

@DJRN0255

[Covie @covie_93]

Everyone should file a claim to trump and todd blanche's 'anti-weaponization' fund seeking $8647 in damages.

[VoteVets @votevets]

This is WILD. North Carolina Republicans are trying to stop US servicemembers stationed overseas from voting.

We have to fight this with everything we've got.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Under Biden’s last year, the U.S. economy added an average of 122,000 jobs every month.

Under Trump, that average has collapsed to just 26,000 a month.

In Trump math, that’s a “500% decrease.” (Around 80% in real math.)

My @Morning_Joe Chart:

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

It was all about white supremacy.

[😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 @aintscarylarry]

The next time a dipshit MAGA calls you a “communist,” reply to them with this photo.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

Remember when Trump said “we can't take care of daycare?”

Now he wants $1 billion taxpayer dollars for his golden ballroom.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Priorities.

Had enough yet?

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

President Biden made health insurance more affordable for millions of Americans in the ACA marketplace.

The Republicans’ actions increased prices by 58% on average—amounting to huge extra costs for the average consumer each year.

My @Morning_Joe Chart.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Trump’s cuts to Obamacare subsidies hit middle class and elderly workers the hardest.

A 60-year-old making $65,000 a year now stands to pay $920 more per month.

My @Morning_Joe Chart.