The president and his allies are justifying cuts on allegations of ‘waste’ to pay for his tax plan

Summary

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people collect Social Security to justify cutting “waste” and “fraud.”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick echoed this, calling Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid “wrong” while supporting Musk’s plan to slash $1 trillion in spending.

Despite Trump’s public assurances, House Republicans’ budget proposals include deep cuts to these programs while prioritizing massive tax breaks for the wealthy.

Experts note improper Social Security payments are minimal, contradicting Musk’s claims.

    • @lady_maria@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7•9 months ago

      right. I’m sure your self-righteousness, apathy and inaction are going to be a great asset when it comes to building a “better future”.

        • @lady_maria@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•9 months ago

          there are more ways to take action than to vote.

          I’m just as dissolutioned with the voting system as you are, but I’m also aware that sitting around complaining and acting like you know better than everyone else is only obnoxious accomplishes nothing.

          either do literally anything at all to contribute, or go find an empty room to whinge into. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the echo.

    • @Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4•9 months ago

      USA is collapsing, and best we can do now is hope for a better future in its ashes.

      Buddy, look at who are the other major players right now. Russia, China, and the EU. If you think for for a hot second that whatever rises out of this fire is going to be better, have I got news for you.

      • finder
        3•9 months ago

        That is the objective for these types of people. A world where the EU and USA are isolated and China, Russia, Iran, etc. have free reign in ‘their’ backyards.

    • dream_weasel
      3•9 months ago

      Seems to me like kind of a long pivot from

      Every single bit of progress was led by people doing more, by people standing up, by people applying pressure between election days.

      Why not just DO that?

      I don’t disagree that the shift in the Overton window is alarmingly far gone, that Dems are out of touch, or that the country is failing in real time. I disagree with the supercilious presentation of “political (in)action” by the people who ought to be easiest to motivate to go raise some hell.

      Instead of punching all the way right, you’re doing a big sad to your adjacent right in a huge lefty echo chamber. By letting perfect be the enemy of less worse we are only left with worse, and you still gotta live in it with us.