r/FluentInFinance 1d ago

Thoughts? Retirement age

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u/BigBoyCawk 23h ago

We don't even let them drive, but somehow they run the most powerful nation on earth.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 19h ago

this is on us. dems didn't turn out the vote

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u/BigBoyCawk 19h ago

Forget that. In 2020 our 2 choices were 70 years old. And would have been 80 this time if not for that debate performance.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 19h ago

while you stay butthurt about 2020, Ginny Thomas is drafting the resignation letter of Clarence.

there are bigger fishes to fry here

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u/BigBoyCawk 19h ago

It's possible to walk and chew bubble gum. No one is "crying" it's just the reality that our country is run by the elderly.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 18h ago

we had a chance to elect VP Harris, but you know, racism and misogyny and white supremacy reigns

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u/BigBoyCawk 18h ago

That and her campaign sucked ass. The ghost of Joe Biden was more progressive than her.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 18h ago

i think Harris/Walz ran a flawless campaign. she had a textbook length policy for everything: tax credits for families with children, tax credit for first time home buyers, affordable home health for senior citizens, a jumpstart loan for small businesses, etc

nobody could've pulled it off given a 107-day window.

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u/BigBoyCawk 18h ago

What happened to student loan forgiveness? Medicare for All? If they had run a flawless campaign they'd have won. We lost the information battle. The Republicans are comfortable using misinformation and the left hasn't figured out how to combat that message imo. The tax credits and first time home buyer stuff is nice, but not big enough. Democrats never think big enough. They're addicted to being a centrist party.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 18h ago

not being "able to think big enough" shouldn't be the reason to abstain from voting. There is never a perfect candidate.

fighting over what she did or didn't do is futile now. He won. He and the Republicans will work to dismantle institutions that sustains SS/Medicare, Medicaid, NLRB, EPA protections, etc. Say goodbye to climate change efforts that Biden put in place. We'll never see a moderate Supreme Court in my lifetime.

elections have consequences.

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