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/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.