Thread by @JoeGageisCool

@SeanTrende You know we don’t have real discussions in this country. You know these deals are always done in the back rooms. You know these politicians are frauds, liars, and cowards. One of the easiest things to do is to not cut anyone’s benefits. So they’re going to take money from 1/

@SeanTrende One group of wealthy people, those currently working, and they’re going to put it into the pockets of another set of wealthy people who are retired and getting benefits they don’t need. Your instincts, analysis, and solutions may be more intelligent and the right way to go. 2/

@SeanTrende But: none of that matters in the real world of swampy Washington. The most interesting thing is the timing of when they’re going to do this. Who gets elected president in 2028? Are they going to leave this ticking time bomb to potentially go off sometime during 2032? 3/

@SeanTrende How’s the economy doing during the course of the 122nd Congress? Who controls the House, who controls the Senate? A few years back, Erick Erickson held his summer, political gathering, and Mitch McConnell was there. Mister Long Game. He actually spoke the truth. He said: 4/

@SeanTrende Republicans wouldn’t take responsibility for something if it was going to cost them too much, and hand the benefits to Democrats. Same too, for Democrats. We are going to wait until the very last minute until we have no choice! And that’s what’s coming for Social Security and 5/

@SeanTrende Medicare. You’re in a funny business. You people periodically write these things though nothing is going to get done until they decide it’s time. They are eternally trapped in the two-year election cycle. Always playing for their benefit and protecting their power. 6/

@SeanTrende Don’t be surprised when out of nowhere, in some wholly unrelated Bill they throw in a select committee, scratch that, a blue ribbon panel of their Washington Buddy insiders to craft a bipartisan deal presented to Congress on as “We have to do this now to save these programs,” 7/

@SeanTrende Presented, as they always are, as a take it or leave it, up or down approval vote. Print this out. Put it on your wall. Keep an eye on the electoral calendars in the outcomes. It’s how the swamp works. It always wins. It always does. What’s in its best interest. Oh, and by 8/

@SeanTrende The way, guess how many other presidential candidates running in 2028 are going to propose specifics for what they’re going to do in the first two years of their presidency to fix this looming problem? NONE! We’ve got Senators running for reelection who aren’t even talking 9/

@SeanTrende about it. Ain’t nobody able to force them to do that. No voters thinking about it. Local newspapers are a joke. National political coverage isn’t focused on this. Some democracy we got, huh? Happy Anniversary, America. “You get out of this republic what you put into it.” /10

@SeanTrende Citizens are sleepwalking through their participation in this nation that supposedly they own. They don’t know no better. The media isn’t there to be the watchdog. They’re not there to organize the citizens to hold their government accountable. It’s a pantomime, a puppet show /11

@SeanTrende for children. It’s run by the elites. For entertainment purposes only for the masses. “If we knew better, we do better.” But we don’t. I don’t think this story has a happy ending. —the end— /12

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