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.___

  • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    11 hours ago

    Lmfao.

    I’d rather invest it in a fucking NFT or better yet a bank in North Korea.

    How many casinos did this dude bankrupt? Jesus man some people are fucking stupid

  • Kronusdark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    18 hours ago

    I don’t give a shit if it’s straight up free money, I won’t ever enroll in a “Trump account”. I’ll just die at 67 instead.

    • ryokimball@infosec.pub
      2·
      17 hours ago

      There is a tiny bit of irony in that this is exactly what many rural voters said about Obamacare. One difference (of many) being that they have been dying because of that choice.

  • Blibly@lemmy.world
    4·
    17 hours ago

    Wasn’t Ted the only senator who gave his support to Trump’s attempted overturning of the 2020 election? Did he not waddle his fat ass into the House with that loser Boebert and give his support because they needed it? Why were NONE of these traitors arrested and charged? Wtf?!?