Lori

Liberal Snowflake
Pittsburgh sports and Warriors fan

[Warren @swd2]

Homeless people are still people. They have the same rights that you and I have. They need an address to vote. They use the shelter address. The only scandal here is how inhumane people can be.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Trump froze Medicare enrollments for home health and hospice providers — immediately, no warning.

Seniors and disabled Americans needing care at home are now blocked from getting it.

They call it “anti-fraud.”
We call it what it is: abandonment.

#TrumpMakesUsSick

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@Rossputin @joyncassie @TNSouthernlib There’s no harm to the nation waiting to count all the votes postmarked by Election Day for a week. Get a grip.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Update?

[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.

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@ChildPleez007 😂

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@marceelias That sounds legit.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

“Especially in the minority communities”

[Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw]

Following the Roberts Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act -- and Black Americans' representation in Congress, state and local offices around the country.

Just in: DOJ claims the Court opinion supports now gutting racial bias claims in employment.

https://t.co/lYVrOHadKj

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@hcouch22 @atrupar OMG Yes!!

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@hcouch22 @atrupar

[Being J Wood @BeingJWood]

Democrats believe all votes should be counted.

Republicans believe only Republican votes should be counted.

This is a problem.

[Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @Wilson__Valdez]

This should so obviously be illegal, it's not even funny.

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@clubbing_guy 😳😂😵

[Being J Wood @BeingJWood]

If a Democratic candidate wins in a Democratic area, it’s fraud.

If a Democratic candidate wins in a Republican area, it’s fraud.

If a Republican wins ANYWHERE, then that’s legit.

This is MAGA logic.

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@RonFilipkowski But he couldn’t make it to Jr.’s wedding.

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@TrumpCircuit @atrupar You must be a fun neighbor. 😏

[Covie @covie_93]

Only trump's America would host the world cup and then block people from attending.

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@TokyoTom2020 @Acyn 🧂 🔥

[Lori @LoHoFran]

@NancyGerlach1 @atrupar Two weeks