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Miles Archer

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10. Thune recently took heat for meeting with Musk & Ramaswamy on December 5th...

Reply to CousinIT (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:37 PM

Jan 7

...the media put it out there as "THUNE CALLS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS."

Apparently in the meeting, Musk is STILL A FANBOY for doing that.

So Thune attempted damage control and said "HE" wasn't asking for cuts, they are looking at all of the options, and one of them is raising the retirement age.

Republicans WANT cuts to SS & Medicare, but they are still gun-shy about coming in through the front door to get them.

Raising the retirement age WOULD be a "cut," which would placate them...for now.

And they think there would be no blowback from that, so...FAFO.

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Dr Oz to seniors: We can't be wealthy if we can't be healthy so work one year longer & increase the GDP by trillions [View all] Miles Archer Jan 7 OP

Seriously? PatSeg Jan 7 #1

What an idiot. AuntieKatie Jan 7 #2

Meanwhile they push AI to get rid of jobs newdeal2 Jan 7 #3

Fuck off quack orangecrush Jan 7 #4

You Want Generation Jones To Work One More Year? Deep State Witch Jan 7 #5

Exactly gypsy11 Jan 7 #15

OZ is preparing to raise the age for Medicare eligibility, IOW. CousinIT Jan 7 #6

Thune recently took heat for meeting with Musk & Ramaswamy on December 5th... Miles Archer Jan 7 #10

Who the hell retires at 61? Only the wealthy. maptap22 Jan 7 #7

defund OSHA, MSHA first! eliminate vaccines! ret5hd Jan 7 #8

The more I read about very wealthy people, the more I'm impressed with their allegorical oracle Jan 7 #9

Remove him and his ilk and tax billionaires out of existence would take care of the problem. Blue Full Moon Jan 7 #11

Fuck you Oz. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 7 #12

Dude, what the eff are you on? mwmisses4289 Jan 7 #13

When I worked in the private sector, behind closed doors... Miles Archer Jan 7 #16

Yeah, the joke among the IT set my husband used to work with mwmisses4289 Jan 7 #17

More proof that, to these guys, the real value of human beings is to be cogs in their economic machine. TheRickles Jan 7 #14

I work to live, not live to work. walkingman Jan 7 #18

Great timing, fuckstick . . . hatrack Jan 7 #19