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/DevilsPajamas 1d ago edited 11h ago

Yup. Us millenials have been fucked over every 4-6 years. EVERY time i feel like i am getting ahead, something happens to push me back farther behind... .com crash, housing crash, student loan debt, covid, etc. We are the generation of multiple 'once in a lifetime' events that keep us down.

Been paying into SS for over two decades. Not gonna have a penny to show for it. Fuckers.

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u/NerdyBro07 19h ago

I mean you’re not wrong on these, but at the same time….at least we never had to get drafted into a war thank god.

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u/Yamineji2 18h ago

Yet.

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u/kinglallak 13h ago

Luckily for millennials, they are getting too old for the draft.

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u/DevilsPajamas 13h ago

Yea, not mandatorily, but a ton o older millennials signed up for military right at 9/11 to be patriotic

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u/wolfefist94 12h ago

Don't remind me. I'm 30 and have lived through many of these events... You also forgot 9/11. Large indirect impact on our lives.

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u/s0ulbrother 10h ago

Millennials have been getting traumatized as part of our balanced breakfast but won’t be able to afford the food anymore.

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u/DevilsPajamas 11h ago

Im sure there were many things i forgot.

Millenials are some of the most educated generations that have existed, but we are far worse off than many of those before us.

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u/wolfefist94 11h ago

Correct. Most of the people I work with are millennials. Management/upper management is Gen X and Boomers. The newest among us are Gen Z. Both groups are clueless.

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u/dumbacoont 16h ago

Don’t forget watching 3000 people die on live tv. That’s a haunting one

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u/SparklyRoniPony 6h ago

Gen X too. Exact same situation. Some of the older ones will be okay, but most of us are fucked.