r/JoeRogan • u/cure4boneitis Jamie sucks at Google • 16d ago
The Literature 🧠 Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can’t Have Data; Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/74
u/HotelPuzzleheaded654 Monkey in Space 16d ago
When is Elon going to cut his SpaceX subsidies as part of the DOGE agenda?
Can we put exploding rockets over the Caribbean in the same category as condoms for Hamas?
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u/ElementalRhythm Monkey in Space 16d ago
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u/MrBrawn Monkey in Space 16d ago edited 16d ago
Mush needs to get his ass to Mars. Alone if possible.
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u/hamfist_ofthenorth Monkey in Space 16d ago
I can think of a few other potential crewmates
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u/_Age_Sex_Location_ Dragon Believer 16d ago
JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, Peter Thiel, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Matt Gaetz, Lara Trump, Pam Bondi, Karoline Leavitt, Peter Navarro, Steve Bannon, Vivek Ramaswamy, Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Dinesh D'Souza, Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, Vladimir Putin...
Ashli Babbitt's ashes.
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16d ago
Let him do it.
I understand that there's going to be pain involved in letting Trump fulfill his agenda. But at the same time, what he wants to do is going to destroy the Republicans.
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u/Lazy-Damage-8972 Monkey in Space 16d ago
They’re talking for a third trump term already. I don’t think they give a fuck after they do what they’re planning.
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16d ago
The only way to prevent this was through elections, and its going to be the only way out too.
MAGA isn't going to go away until enough people understand what it really means. People are stupid, some people cannot comprehend something until it impacts them negatively.
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u/Lazy-Damage-8972 Monkey in Space 16d ago
Oh I’m with you. It just sucks because the numbers and statistics we’re talking about likely means death for some amount of people. But yeah, give them what they voted for. They’ll still blame democrats until their last breath.
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16d ago
I hear you. But, what other way is there?
Analogy : When I was a kid I didn't listen well. So my dads solution? Let me figure it out the hard way sonetimes. If someone isn't going to listen, and they don't see the consequences of their actions, maybe they need to feel it first hand. After that, they might listen.
If they want to destroy the services they rely on, let them. Everyone will know who's fault it is.
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u/Lazy-Damage-8972 Monkey in Space 16d ago
My only issue is the “everyone will know who’s responsible part”. With the way this admin trash talks news and science, I have my doubts the truth will persist untarnished. We’ll find out!
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u/cure4boneitis Jamie sucks at Google 16d ago
you don’t have to worry about voting anymore
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16d ago
Well, they can try that. I don't see it ending well for them though.
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u/bartolocologne40 Monkey in Space 16d ago
If only they had a constitutional right to protect themselves from a tyrannical gov't
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u/adamannapolis Monkey in Space 14d ago
They won’t allow him and his movement to lose elections. This is why Biden should have actively led America in fighting this movement. He failed, and they’ve taken the country easily.
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u/Intrepid-Brain-1476 Monkey in Space 16d ago
I agree but I suspect they won't allow a legitimate election
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u/Blitzdrive Monkey in Space 16d ago
Republicans are legally too stupid to ever blame their own party. They do not have the mental faculties to allow them to make this obvious decision.
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16d ago
Republicans are legally too stupid to ever blame their own party. They do not have the mental faculties to allow them to make this obvious decision.
You gotta look at it this way : Swing voters decide elections. And only about 50% of eligible voters bother to vote in most elections. The only reason Trump won, is Biden got fewer votes in 2024.
Don't worry about partisan cultists. That's a lost cause. Its the swing voters and people who don't usually vote that hold the real power. That's a sleeping giant that the Republicans are messing with 👍
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u/ConscientSubjector Monkey in Space 15d ago
The only reason Trump won, is Biden got fewer votes in 2024.
That damn Biden, couldn't even get more votes in an election he wasn't running in.
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u/TrafficElectronic297 Monkey in Space 15d ago
They remind me of my lovely pet beagle. They’re bred to be so loyal that they can’t hardly conceptualize aggression towards their owner (at least mine) so whenever I piss his grumpy ass off he becomes aggressive towards our other dogs.
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u/Shellz2bellz Monkey in Space 16d ago
Rolling over like that is craven and just emboldens them. It also makes people think dems are feckless
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u/moolymagic Monkey in Space 16d ago
We need to pass a bill where you have to have over 100 IQ to become president.
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u/StopHiringBendis Monkey in Space 16d ago
The new GOP considers it condescending to expect the president to be intellectually or emotionally more mature than a 13 year old
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u/mvstateU Monkey in Space 16d ago
Elon and Billionaires and VC firms will invest in fintechs that also do insurance and loans, , so old people, on the bubble, that own homes, that no longer have social security, medicare, medicaid will have to take out loans to pay for insurance and in-turn will not be able to pay said loans will have said homes have lien against said homes, will lose said homes, and fuck over old folks while billionaires become trillionaires and hold power not only the US.
Already happening and fucked.
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u/BeamTeam032 The joke went over his head, again 16d ago
I love this. Trump and Elon are going to break the government so hard, that Dems are going to get a super majority in 2028 and be forced to re-imagine all of these departments. And maybe we can bring the 21 century with us.
All those who will die between now and then? That's a you problem. America has already established, we don't give a fuck about human lives.
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u/MattFromChina Monkey in Space 16d ago
Yes but just like every time since Ike, the Dems will fix it and the stupid electorate will forget why they got in that mess in the first place. Until Dems have their own media ecosystem- it’s fucked.
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u/KptKreampie Monkey in Space 16d ago
Did he ever release his taxes? Oh, what about the Epstine files?
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u/Derp800 Monkey in Space 16d ago
My parents live off of social security. So do millions of others. Do they really think we're going to let them lose their housing and starve? Pushing people into corners like that leads to French Revolution style events. Except Americans don't need a Bastille to capture. We've got our own stuff.
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u/xoaphexox Monkey in Space 16d ago
Now your parents will live off your income. People on SS don't have the energy to riot in the streets. Taking it away from them is pretty safe. All they'll do is complain on Truth Social and Facebook "Why would Joe Biden do this to us??"
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u/DeathHopper Monkey in Space 16d ago
Jokes on them, my web browser history is my most sensitive data.
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u/schwabadelic Monkey in Space 15d ago
I want to view my own data. I want to see how much I've paid into it since I started working. Then be pissed off how much money I would have if I invested that same amount of money in the S and P 500 and how much I would have.
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u/Mammoth-Talk1531 Monkey in Space 10d ago
Elon probably wants the sensitive data so he can make a list of "undesirables". Because that's what fucking nazis do.
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u/sureyouknowurself Monkey in Space 16d ago
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u/Hugzzzzz Monkey in Space 16d ago
The US is $36,000,000,000,000 in debt. That's a lot of fucking zeroes. Why anyone would be against auditing the government to cut waste and fraud is beyond me. Elon doesn't give a shit about your money or "sensitive data" whatever the fuck that is. He is trying to push back on the out of control spending of the government. How exactly do the people fighting against the audits foresee the future of our country in its current state? The government is spending almost 2 trillion dollars more than it makes every single year. It needs to end.
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u/Lazy-Damage-8972 Monkey in Space 16d ago
Cons are set to give 4.5 Trillion cut to the already mega wealthy. All this shit Elon is doing is a fucking joke. They’re going to blow out the deficit. They always do. They always do worse than democrats.
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u/cure4boneitis Jamie sucks at Google 16d ago
the SSA already goes through audits
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u/Hugzzzzz Monkey in Space 16d ago
If they go through audits than its really not a big deal to go through one more. Also, SS is one small cog in a much larger machine that all needs to be audited. At the end of the day what it all boils down to is that we're over spending by an incredible amount and there needs to be cuts somewhere. There is absolutely no way around that.
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u/Lazy-Damage-8972 Monkey in Space 16d ago
Elon is slashing a burning so the inner circle can privatize everything like what happened to the Soviet Union by Russia.
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u/cure4boneitis Jamie sucks at Google 16d ago
yes, I’m pretty sure that they have more scheduled. I think that most people are OK with that. Shutting down the agency seems like most people would be against
Which other parts of the government do you think need to be audited?
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u/MerkinDealer Monkey in Space 16d ago
Social security is about the biggest cog there is. And Elon shouldn't do it because he's a k holed dumbass
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u/Hugzzzzz Monkey in Space 16d ago
Started PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company, Neuralink, OpenAI, Starlink etc. But sure some moron on reddit said he is a dumbass so it must be true.
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u/TuringGPTy Monkey in Space 16d ago
You listed Boring Company as if that's a thing that does anything. LOL
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u/SwitchCube64 Look into it 16d ago
SS doesn't contribute to that debt number like you're thinking. It's separate from federal spending passed through congress.
Even if you eliminated SS outright, it would not reduce the debt in any way.
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u/Hugzzzzz Monkey in Space 16d ago
I am against eliminating SS at all to be clear. I think its a valuable safety net and there are far too many people that rely on it at this point to even think of getting rid of it. I DO however think that it potentially could benefit from having DOGE go in there and making some suggestions on how to trim the fat.
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u/garden_of_steak Monkey in Space 16d ago
You realize the only issue with Social Security is that they have been taking out loans against the trust fund and not paying it back. This is why we are heading for a 17% reduction in payouts. You can thanl Ronald Regan for the problems social security is having now.
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u/_EMDID_ Monkey in Space 16d ago
Imagine being this fucking gullible ^
Lmao!
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u/Hugzzzzz Monkey in Space 16d ago
There is always one idiot who doesn't know what to say, so they say some dumb shit because they have nothing of value to add to the conversation. Congratulations, you're that person.
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u/supa_warria_u Monkey in Space 16d ago
and the new GOP budget is set to increase it by another $10 trillion in 10 years.
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u/LordTrailerPark Monkey in Space 16d ago
Why would an activist judge want to block them? Thousand of employees already have access to it. Weird.
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u/Lazy-Damage-8972 Monkey in Space 16d ago edited 12d ago
In America the billionaires get to decide if YOU specifically get to leverage the government we all paid for. Fuck your healthcare. Screw your roads. We’ve got bailouts for billionaires to worry about and you’re all conscripted. - to the glee of cuckservatives EDIT:I have been permabanned. Enjoy your tailored flow of information. ✌️