Anna Phylaxis

Save this planet for my grandkids. It’s the only one we have. No MAGA. No DMs unless I know you. No lists.

[Anna Phylaxis @anna_phylaxis2]

Project 2025 is their roadmap to authoritarian governance controlled by the few. We already lost our constitutional republic. Most don’t believe it yet but they will be forced into submission.

[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.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

New reports reveal the Trump admin has ordered the Postal Service to stop delivering mail-in ballots to states that do not hand over sensitive voter lists to the government.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

No, gay people are not trying to force their lifestyle on you. You're thinking of Republicans.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: Albania’s Anti-Trump Protests Have Now Entered Day 11.

What began as opposition to the Trump family’s proposed luxury development project has turned into nearly two weeks of sustained demonstrations.

First came the deal.

Then came the backlash.

Now comes Day 11.

The question is whether the pressure changes anything, or whether the standoff gets even bigger from here.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Wake up America.
...............WAKE THE FUCK UP.

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

Gutting $1 trillion from Medicaid wasnt enough Republicans are coming for your Social Security and Medicare

[Anna Phylaxis @anna_phylaxis2]

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[Martin O'Malley @MartinOMalley]

The Social Security baby boomer surplus is now forecasted to be depleted even earlier than before — in part because of Trump policies.

But this is a solvable problem if the wealthy would pay the same rate as all of us into Social Security.

[Ken Martin @kenmartin73]

Mike Johnson says Republicans have a plan to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—after already passing the largest healthcare cut in history.

Higher costs, less healthcare.

That’s what Republicans are running on this November.

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

Biden brought inflation down from 9.1% to 2.9% in 2 years.

But go ahead, tell me this train wreck is better.

Morons.

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

Defend this you fucking Maga Morons!

The whole fucking point of the stupid fucking tariffs you defended was to close or narrow the trade deficit.

Now your fucking Moron President is bragging about it being wider. 🤦

[Acyn @Acyn]

MacFarlane: What do you think your constituents think about this slush fund?

McGovern: They think Trump is a corrupt son of a bitch who doesn’t give a shit about them.

[WarMonitor @TheWarMonitor]

Congress has given ICE a budget larger than the U.S. Marine Corps. Think about that.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

The inflation rate in Biden's last month in office was 2.9%. Trump (supported by a Republican Congress) has driven it up to 4.2%.

Thank you, voters, for your attention to this matter.

https://t.co/2BWtpX5aEf

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

Reminder that Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sitting on Epstein's financial records showing 4,700+ wire transfers totaling over $1.1 BILLION in and out of his accounts, including payments to women and girls.

The American people deserve full transparency.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

Mike Johnson, you little weasel.

You come for our social security, ALL of America is coming for you.

That is OUR money.
That is OUR future.
That is OUR safety net.
Don't you fucking touch it.

- Gen X

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Donald Trump's policies are accelerating Social Security’s insolvency.

Here’s a common-sense solution:

My bill would fund Social Security for the next 75 YEARS by making the wealthy pay their fair share — and EXPAND benefits at the same time.

It’s time to act.

[Callie Sue @AnnRu71347]

REMINDER

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

If we are investigating voter fraud. Can we find out how an unpopular president won all 7 swing states just above recount level.