One advocate said the Texas Republican laid bare the "two-pronged strategy to push Social Security privatization: Creating the Trump accounts with one hand and gutting the Social Security Administration with the other."

In the not-too-distant future, Cruz envisioned, “we’re going to be able to go to parents and say, ‘Hey, you know that Trump Account your kid has? … Wouldn’t you like to be able to keep a portion of your tax payments that you’re paying already and, instead of sending it to Uncle Sam, wouldn’t you like to have a Trump Account just like your kid does?’'’

“My prediction is, within five years, that is going to have a really compelling constituency,” the Texas Republican added.___

  • Zink@programming.dev
    3·
    19 hours ago

    When I did my taxes this year it asked if I wanted to open a Trump Account for my kid, so that it would receive any future deposits the government gave out.

    It was so disturbing and disgusting to see something that gross in writing in a real-world context.

    No fucking thanks.

    • Kronusdark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      Could you imagine if Obama made them actually call it Obamacare. There would have been riots.

      • Zink@programming.dev
        2·
        12 hours ago

        Absolutely.

        It’s almost funny, like they are going through a checklist to retcon everything they ever said about their opponents to be projection.

        Of course, a lot of it was genuine projection because that’s how they think.

        Plus obviously it’s not funny to watch a cult of personality take hold so easily and wreck so much for so many.