The first two nights of the convention have ranged far from the truth, keeping weary fact-checkers working overtime. But the gaslighting is not an accident, either; it is the point. Trump is selling the classic alternative reality of authoritarians who have little actual good news to report: he claims the country is in chaos, caused by lawless “others,” and he alone can solve the problem. He will return his supporters to the positions of authority they feel they have lost, ushering back in the good old days when the country was great.
Far from objecting to Trump’s lies or his violation of the law to use of the government to win reelection, Trump’s true believers will likely applaud both. The lies are a comforting story, made better by how much they upset non-believers—those “others”—and in their minds, the power of the government actually should be used to put down Trump’s unAmerican opposition.
Trump’s plan for a second term, though, will not necessarily benefit his supporters. He appears to intend to continue to act as he has done for the past three and a half years, slashing regulations and taxes, destroying the social safety net, and privatizing infrastructure, all in the service of freeing up capital to boost the economy.
That plan was in the news today as, in response to an inquiry from leading Democrats, the Chief Actuary for Social Security crunched the numbers behind Trump’s plan to end the payroll tax. Chief Actuary Stephen C. Goss said that the plan would end Disability Insurance in mid-2021 and Social Security by mid-2023.
Payroll taxes are just that: taxes that come out of your paycheck. In this case, the tax in question is the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) payroll taxes and the Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA) taxes. These taxes provide the money that funds Social Security and Disability Insurance. Trump has talked about eliminating the taxes, arguing that getting rid of them would put more money in people’s pockets. It would, in the short term but, as Goss explains, it would almost immediately destroy Social Security and Disability Insurance.
Far from objecting to Trump’s lies or his violation of the law to use of the government to win reelection, Trump’s true believers will likely applaud both. The lies are a comforting story, made better by how much they upset non-believers—those “others”—and in their minds, the power of the government actually should be used to put down Trump’s unAmerican opposition.
Trump’s plan for a second term, though, will not necessarily benefit his supporters. He appears to intend to continue to act as he has done for the past three and a half years, slashing regulations and taxes, destroying the social safety net, and privatizing infrastructure, all in the service of freeing up capital to boost the economy.
That plan was in the news today as, in response to an inquiry from leading Democrats, the Chief Actuary for Social Security crunched the numbers behind Trump’s plan to end the payroll tax. Chief Actuary Stephen C. Goss said that the plan would end Disability Insurance in mid-2021 and Social Security by mid-2023.
Payroll taxes are just that: taxes that come out of your paycheck. In this case, the tax in question is the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) payroll taxes and the Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA) taxes. These taxes provide the money that funds Social Security and Disability Insurance. Trump has talked about eliminating the taxes, arguing that getting rid of them would put more money in people’s pockets. It would, in the short term but, as Goss explains, it would almost immediately destroy Social Security and Disability Insurance.
Are you going to cite your source or really try to pass these thoughts off as your own?
The above words come from Mob's libtard professor Heather Cox Richardson. Yes, the one that claims to be independent (like Mob) but is really a liberal. The above post is not his so don't think he all of a sudden got smart and was able to string sentences together.
No wonder this phony supports Biden, they both enjoy plagiarism.
I was tricked for about 1min and thought, hmmm these points are stupid but at least they are kinda well written. But then I realized
that a sick and ignorant Lib like Mob couldnt have written these words.
What do you know, he just selects and rearranges portions of someones elses work VERBATIM and since he is a LIB he wont even
give credit or a link to the author ..
hno:You can't steal words like you steal candy bars and kool aid packets dummy https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-25-2020
She doesn’t claim to be independent. She IS a historian. So she focuses on the contrast between image and reality in American news. Because God knows we need it.
We see what you guys think about the media. And you know how I feel about if we just had one media(the White House). She is a breath of fresh air.
We see what you guys think about the media. And you know how I feel about if we just had one media(the White House). She is a breath of fresh air.
That chick is as biased as it gets for someone with so much education. She appeals to sheep like you.
Hell when you criticize Republicans and the NY Timse and Washington Post give you grief then something is surely not right. about your work.
excerpt from https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jen-kuznicki/leftist-professors-bias-gets-way-her-cnbc-style-conservative-critique :
The New York Times, in reviewing her book, slammed her for not “check[ing] her politics at the door,” showing the inherent bias of her work. The Washington Post also said that Richardson, “overstates her case,” and “ultimately finds herself caught in the partisan trap, blaming Republicans — albeit only the conservative ones — for ruining the economy, fomenting racism, damaging American democracy and betraying their progressive roots.”
You say she is a breath of fresh air, to me she is more like a basket of dirty socks
She is racist because YOU say so, sound like your standard requirement for proof.
Get some help man, beg borrow or steal and get into a proper care facility.
#walkaway is a good starting place though if you just arent ready to ask for help like the Gov of Wisconsin and Mayor of Portland
The person you posted is some fat Republican nobody on some shitty website voicing her opinion about somebody who is legit. That’s why it’s garbage. Because if the lady you posted had an ounce of credibility maybe it would have some validity to it. But it doesn’t and it’s the same shit I’ve heard as far as criticism.
”she attacks republicans blah blah blah.”
But she doesn’t. That’s a lie. Probably the one person in American news that doesn’t attack. It’s just fact and she puts context around the facts. It is what it is man. If the context of these facts bother you that much then don’t read it
The times and post? The same newspapers you thrash on a daily basis here? Lmfao how do you sleep at night?
People can have their opinions in a reputable newspaper like those. Because they are opinion pieces. I didn’t read them so I’m sure a lot of it is taken out of context too because that’s what you guys do and also because if you have a brain then you realize this historian is as legit as they come.
