It’s a sneaky way to shut down social security. Everyone in Doge knows it will break the system. Really break it. And that is bad, of course ( there is a but here)
But I think it’s brilliant to do it this way because 95% of the people reading the news do not see the ramifications. And will not see it later, they will know it’s gone but how? Why? It’s so complicated!
The American public is really gullible, and this gives enough political cover to avoid the oft stated “gone too far” mantra about disabling social security.
More insights from people that actually know a thing or two (not s00perl33t teenagers, obviously):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43505659
It’s a sneaky way to shut down social security. Everyone in Doge knows it will break the system. Really break it. And that is bad, of course ( there is a but here)
But I think it’s brilliant to do it this way because 95% of the people reading the news do not see the ramifications. And will not see it later, they will know it’s gone but how? Why? It’s so complicated!
The American public is really gullible, and this gives enough political cover to avoid the oft stated “gone too far” mantra about disabling social security.
Bad people can have good plans to do wicked stuff