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.___

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Lift the cap on FICA contributions and appropriate money from the billionaires in any way possible. Hopefully something egregious that will be remembered for decades, something their children and their grandchildren will take as a warning.

    • Sunflier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      something their children and their grandchildren will take as a warning.

      A warning? Like this?

      • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I was thinking more like strip 75% of their net worth from them but perhaps I’m not as imaginative as you