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yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)
4. Fuck you Ryan, this must be some sick Republican fantasy of yours
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:53 PM
Dec 2017

you want more people starving and homeless than before.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. No, how about we let in more immigrants who are already old enough to work!
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:57 PM
Dec 2017

Seriously, we all know that babies don't pay off for at least 18 years! By that time, most of us baby boomers will be heading off to that retirement home in the sky.

Bring in workers NOW, especially when unemployment is getting lower, and they'll be improving the nation's productivity and paying FICA taxes for the next 20 years, while those babies are costing bunches.

Of course, Paul Ryan doesn't want to fund those babies' education, day care, medical care, or even nutrition.

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Historic NY

(37,451 posts)
8. Your cutting health care for people & you expect them to raise children....
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:59 PM
Dec 2017

Pro-life care about the pre-born, after that they're on their own.

0rganism

(23,957 posts)
10. and then when this crop of hero babies reaches seniority, we need even more backup
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 09:00 PM
Dec 2017

or we could raise the cap on payroll deductions, establish UBI, and generally take steps to ensure that whatever ex-workforce we have at any given time is adequately cared for in their old age. but what would Ayn Rand do? oh yeah, live on Medicare for the last 6 years of her life.

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