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The message is clear. Republicans want to raise the retirement age to 69, outlaw abortion on a national level. Vote Republican at your own peril.
Peril is less bad than those communist democrats, I bet all too many morons believe.
I was basically going to say the same thing, they'll vote anyway, party over policy. It doesn't matter what they propose. As long as Democrats disagree with it, their constituents will vote for it, standard team-driven advertising.
Most voters don't care about politics at all, we just want what everyone else wants - a chance at opportunity, some form of health care and social security, you know, the good life. We can all pretty much agree on that and it's really not that interesting a topic. So, politicians turn politics into a sports game because that's what people care about and engage with, sports and competition, our old friend, Ego.
Follow your heart, not your ego.
That is politics.
Not really, just basic human rights.
Also politics.
Everything is politics. But people tend to not like to think of things as politics. Because "politics is boring".
Politics explained simply is about who gets what and when they get it.
Triple funny when you consider all the communists fucking hate biden.
I don't understand retirement. Didn't John Oliver just tell us that Millenials already don't get to retire at 65? I am fucking livid, i am 35, my mom died at 62, I probably won't even make it to 65 and all the money I have given to the government for this is going to be lost.
It's not as simple as people pretend. But not all that complicated, either. 65 was the "full" retirement age before law changes in the 80s. For most workers today, it's 67. But wait! The amount you will get per month from social security depends on 2 things -- how much you paid into the system, and what age you actually are when you retire. You can start collecting at 62, but it will be considerably less per month than if you retire at the full retirement age. And to confuse things more, you can keep working until 70(?) and the amount you will get continues to increase every month, so I'm not sure why full retirement age is 67 instead of 70.
You know John Oliver is not actually the government minister in charge of When People Get to Retire?
Retirement is just a number. Once you hit that number, you can retire.
Talking about the "retirement age" is just the age at which social security benefits kick in. It doesn't mean you're no longer allowed to work after that age, or that you're required to work until that age.
No one thinks retirement is when the government forces you to not work... What are you, 14?
You might overestimate Chocrates
You definitely overestimate Lemmy commenters
I am an idiot but this seems pointlessly mean.
Just an accurate observation from my time on lemmy.
Morals to talking about penalties for your retirement accounts....
Which can be significant
Government minister? там, где ты, товарищ, водка хороша?
Wow they even managed to make the funny number not funny anymore.
Obligatory: Nice.
Vote Republican or stay home at your own peril.