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Nothing will change for 64% of the SSN recipients over 65 or older.
Those getting tax breaks is only for 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028.
By 2032, recipients benefits will be reduced by 24%.
Welcome to the new hell called America. Didn't touch the SSDI or people losing SNAP benefits.
https://govfacts.org/explainer/how-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-impacts-social-security/
"hey, congrats! You no longer have to pay taxes on the benefits you no longer get. Isn't that swell?!?"
My mom showed me this and I told her it was probably spam and a scam so just delete it. Neither of us thought it was real from just how stupid it sounded.
I guess now I know it is real. Still spam and a scam, but real.
Yup, just got this myself too. Fucking abysmal how painfully bad it is.
Almost as gross as the fact that an absurd percentage of the recipients are going to believe this crap.
My immediate thought was to the 1984 bit about choco rations being "increased".
Double plus good that is!
Facepalm
Jolly good literature reference, my boy.
Here's $1,000 in less taxes!!!!!!!!!!!
takes $10,000 away from Medicare/Medicaid
We're cooked.
Cooked would imply we would be edible when finished, however, I think we will be very overdone and sent back.
Dude, we're fuggin' charcoal at this point. Who are we kidding, honestly?
Hopefully someone lights me on fire so i can stop paying rent and waking up in the morning.
That’s it; I’m getting rid of the smoke alarms.
Not to mention contaminated with plastics and pfas.
Yes at this point I expect half of my body is not biodegradable. Some mix of petrochemicals, rubber dust, and lead.
I'd be pissed about this but everyone is equal here. Now it's just sad.
Worse than that. Earlier tonight my partner saw an ad from the SSA about this on a streaming network. They had that shit ready to go. Genai makes it fast but not that fast
This government can suck my dick
I wouldn't let any of those diseased whores anywhere near my dick.