PamR413

A mom and Nana, future world traveler, former news reporter & cancer survivor. Business Analyst AARP IN. Tweets my own views.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Good morning and Happy Wednesday to everyone who agrees that the audio of Speaker Johnson ADMITTING that he's planning on cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security SHOULD BE A HUGE STORY.

Don't let him slide on this.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Dr. Oz is attempting to lay the foundation for Republicans to gut Medicaid and Medicare again by calling them programs “of great danger” to the American people.

These people have no health care plan other than taking away yours.

[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.

[Social Security Works ❌👑 @SSWorks]

BREAKING: The 2026 Social Security Trustees Report confirms that Donald Trump's policies are weakening Social Security’s finances.

Now Republicans are eyeing benefit cuts.

Here's what you need to know: 🧵

[PamR413 @PamR413]

@therlwrites Tell me you never watched classic horror films at a sleepover in the 1970s without telling me...Indiana folks know the institution that was Sammy Terry showing classic films every weekend. Frankenstein, Dracula....they could freak out a whole slumber party of 11 year old girls.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Do not Stop talking about Epstein.
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[PamR413 @PamR413]

@DougAMacgregor @MCarbonaraFL Thanks for the help curating my block list.

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@sapphyreblayze 1. HOA rules. 2. Pollen.

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@Demo4fhs So I can figure out whether it’s a speakers day or a headphone day for my laptop - it’s always a surprise. Kind of a bones/no bones day situation.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

ChatGPT has launched a new health and wellness feature called ChatGPT Health that allows users to upload their medical records. Do not do this. Do not upload your medical records to an AI chatbot.

[PamR413 @PamR413]

@TheDCLBlog Most cruise lines don't allow beer brought on at all...

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@271k_only Apparently no one told my husband's entire family for the last several generations. Or possibly that's just an absolute lie.

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@devoid3d Some of us hold on when walking flat. I'm not about to fall and break a leg on the treadmill. Judge less.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

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@reblavoie It switched from night time mode to day mode when it got light out.

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@OfficialOPLive - this one of your guys?? https://t.co/ndTIqK6R9i

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@usludurkizim Enough already. Just admit it’s an ad for this ridiculous device.

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@OfficialOPLive - this one of your guys?? https://t.co/ndTIqK6R9i

[PamR413 @PamR413]

@simphiweyinkoc_ They are all in our driveway I guess….

[PamR413 @PamR413]

@JamesMelville Why do you care? Are you post menopausal? Have PCOS? Fighting generations of genetic predisposition to weight gain? Mind your business.