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gab13by13

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7. How are retired people going to feel

Reply to doc03 (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 25, 2025, 09:06 AM

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about it? Just die?

I can get by without my Social Security and Medicare but a hell of a lot of people can't.

Should have taken a stand back in March before the gutting of our social safety net became law.

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