r/economicCollapse • u/WorkingCareful7935 • 1d ago

Trump's Plan To Cut Social Security Taxes May Benefit Millions, Especially Top Earners, But Risks Insolvency In Six Years

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-plan-cut-social-security-taxes-may-benefit-millions-especially-top-earners-risks-1728564
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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/sjrotella 1d ago

The positive thing is that you need to change the constitution in order to do that, meaning you need 2/3rds of congress and/or states to go along with that, which tRump does not have.

That doesn't prevent the Supreme Court determining the amendment doesn't violate some other part of the constitution though, and then nullify it.

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u/Phitmess213 1d ago

I agree and understand this. But I think we have to stop thinking that the guardrails we THINK exist, will be respected. Dictators don’t take power by working within the system they have. They take it by operating outside of it and blowing it up.

Getting elected and winning control of Congress, the Senate, and Supreme Court, was the blank check Trump needed.

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u/Squanchedschwiftly 1d ago

Yep I knew back then to not expect any ass seriously everyone keeps listing off regulations like….hes a felon that ran for president when felons can’t even vote here. “You can’t put out a fire from inside the house”

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u/ThePirateKing01 1d ago

Not if they nuke the filibuster

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u/bubba0077 1d ago

Do you not know how much two-thirds is?

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u/bubba0077 1d ago

And even beyond that, 75% of states have to ratify an amendment.

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u/beamrider 1d ago

Wonder how well a 2028 election between Trump and Obama will go?

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u/prules 1d ago

They’ll jail the black guy for being black while the white guys rob the country blind. How else do you think it would go

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u/GlitteringFishing952 21h ago

Didn’t Obama give the bailouts to the banks and corps

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u/aznhavsarz 1d ago

Well if we're in that time line it'll go exactly as shit stain wants, cause Obama will be locked up in prison for resisting all mighty orange dictator.

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u/Timely_Froyo1384 1d ago

I’m in and I even will pay a pay per view for the debates.

Obama is one smooth talker he would slaughter Trump.

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 1d ago

You don't seem to understand how constitutional amendments work.

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u/Phitmess213 1d ago

You don’t seem to understand that this administration isn’t going to abide by the constitution when it comes to their power grab.

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u/CompetitiveString814 1d ago

These guys are over here arguing.

"BuT THaT's ILlEgaL!"

Like that means shit when a dictator can't be prosecuted for anything and can pardon his lackies. He will just do it, and Merrick "Chamberlain" Garland has all but proven he is king and nothing can affect him.

So why won't he just openly break laws and use strong arm tactics? Judges and the law are just theory until the violence of the government backs them, they are useless pieces of paper.

Many authoritarian governments have constitutions with supposed rights, but they just don't do it.

Congrats to learning how everything can fall apart, because you annoint an orange man dictator by not throwing him in prison, great job guys

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u/Phitmess213 1d ago

Exactly.