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PatrickforO

(15,204 posts)
28. Pretty funny.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:45 PM
Aug 2020

You know, I worry about seniors, since I'm about to be 62. We're being divided out of the herd by right-wingers who are basically saying the choice is to hurt young people by closing stuff down, or just sacrifice a few million elderly people to keep the ol' economy humming.

Seriously. I just read a report by the Kansas City Fed that used an elegant quadratic equation model to determine the proper balance point between the survival interests of the elderly and the economic interests of the young.

And, for those a bit younger than you, left-of-center, if laid off, they will have about half the chance of younger workers are getting a new job, and for those 'lucky' ones who do find something, it will likely pay around half of what they were earning. And in the meantime, Trump wants to cut the Social Security payroll tax to starve the already thin trust fund.

Honestly, I have absolutely NO idea why any senior citizen would EVER vote for a Republican.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 OP
... handmade34 Aug 2020 #1
I love it! RainCaster Aug 2020 #2
Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #3
You smarty pants,... bet she was cranky after that. magicarpet Aug 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author magicarpet Aug 2020 #5
Clever!! Rude a&& got what she deserved... SWBTATTReg Aug 2020 #6
Humorous, but the mechanics do not work. Sneederbunk Aug 2020 #7
True. Hoyt Aug 2020 #9
Yup Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #12
I was wondering abou tthat.. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2020 #29
Messing with seniors.. irisblue Aug 2020 #8
Good one! kimbutgar Aug 2020 #10
THAT is hilarious soothsayer Aug 2020 #11
Beautiful. Reminds me of Fried Green Tomatoes question everything Aug 2020 #13
LOL ROFLMAO bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #14
oh, that's sweet packman Aug 2020 #15
Hilarious! n/t moonscape Aug 2020 #16
... pazzyanne Aug 2020 #17
You're are 83 years old......GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! onecent Aug 2020 #18
I've seen this before & it's always hilarious!!! CaptainTruth Aug 2020 #19
Fantastic! gademocrat7 Aug 2020 #20
LOL SunSeeker Aug 2020 #21
Old people know a lot of tricks and this is a good one! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2020 #22
One of my favourite sayings: BobTheSubgenius Aug 2020 #23
PS BobTheSubgenius Aug 2020 #24
BRILLIANT!!!!! AZ8theist Aug 2020 #25
LOL Delmette2.0 Aug 2020 #26
That really should be on the new Mastercard ad priceless. Oppaloopa Aug 2020 #27
Pretty funny. PatrickforO Aug 2020 #28
More of us need to learn to not get mad but get even without breaking the law!... Illumination Aug 2020 #30
Shouldn't Have Done It JGug1 Aug 2020 #31
It's meant to be a joke, a humorous anecdote. Ptah Aug 2020 #33
More likely they gave her the meal for free because you told the first cashier you paid for it. aikoaiko Aug 2020 #32
LOL Historic NY Aug 2020 #34
This originally was written as humor - not a real story left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #35
False tale....As said above "The mechanics don't line up" Boxerfan Aug 2020 #36
read the post immediately above yours left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #37
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