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Re:Moody’s strips U.S. of triple-A credit rating by tzs on Friday May 16, 2025 @08:02PM (#44010889)
How would you propose to means-test Social Security?
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Re:Moody’s strips U.S. of triple-A credit rating by ivewonyoung on Friday May 16, 2025 @09:27PM (#44011333)
By adding even more bureaucracy, current SSA administration overhead is already close to $15 billion year.
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Re:Moody’s strips U.S. of triple-A credit rating by boroboro4 on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:07PM (#44011746)
Which is, checks notes, 1% of the social security budget. While not nothing it’s quite competitive given the scale and impact.
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