Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes
by closeparen on Sunday February 23, 2025 @04:03PM
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>The US population is aging, which means that 36% slice is going to naturally grow. What do you think should be cut, and how?
The standard of living enjoyed by working-age adults and their children will be right-sized one way or another. Either by devastating tax hikes that make Social Security and Medicare sustainable, or by workers taking on the burden of their own aging parents' care as a personal responsibility.
The thing that the deficit and the debt are buying you is the ability to take the kids to Disneyland in the same year as a grandparent or great-grandparent has round-the-clock help with going to the bathroom. That is stretching real productive capacity beyond its limits. We need the Imagineers working on medical devices, the custodial staff sweeping hospitals and nursing homes, and the cast members wiping butts.
The standard of living enjoyed by working-age adults and their children will be right-sized one way or another. Either by devastating tax hikes that make Social Security and Medicare sustainable, or by workers taking on the burden of their own aging parents' care as a personal responsibility.
The thing that the deficit and the debt are buying you is the ability to take the kids to Disneyland in the same year as a grandparent or great-grandparent has round-the-clock help with going to the bathroom. That is stretching real productive capacity beyond its limits. We need the Imagineers working on medical devices, the custodial staff sweeping hospitals and nursing homes, and the cast members wiping butts.