Mnuchin threatens to make taxpayers pay back COVID money unless Trump is reelected

[turbinetree]

[MontanaMama]

1. They're desperate.

[2naSalit]

2. All the more reason to

boot their asses out.

And, fuck that guy!

[JDC]

3. That guy is as stiff as they come. And a pure liar.

[Scarsdale]

4. What qualified him for the job?

Wasn't he a movie producer along with Bannon in California before he showed up as a member of this administration? Is Bannon still whispering in his ear? Maybe tRump keeps him around, thinking that next to Mnuchin, tRump looks "handsome"? Wrong again, Don the Con. This crew is the most repulsive, inept administration EVER.

[soothsayer]

13. He's a contact for a business in Epstein's little black book

I think that sketchy modeling agency

[soothsayer]

14. Yes! The Russian guy. Blavatnik

Hollywood finance company. No suspicious money laundering there I’m sure.

Link to tweet

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[jaxexpat]

5. Simply cannot list the lies, misconceptions and obfuscations bandied about by this creature.

I feel safe in saying there is nearly nothing he said which is reliable or made in an effort to promote clear understanding of these issues and actions. The hissing noises made by roadkill as it decomposes in the sun speaks greater truth and more eloquently too.

[magicarpet]

6. Starve Social Security and Medicare of needed funding sources.

Then privatize it so it can become an income cash cow fo the rich on Wall Street.

Just like education.

Just like the Post Office.

Break it,.. then the private sector comes to the rescue to save it and make it better,.. as if.

[Newest Reality]

7. There is a simple answer to that.

Trump has a proven track record of stiffing and defrauding people and he has done that all his life. This is another obvious confidence game. "I will gladly pay you back Tuesday for a hamberder today." A Whimpy move.

Now, what was the point again?

[usaf-vet]

11. There is even an easier answer. RAISE THE CAP ON INCOME THAT HAS TO PAY FICA tax.

Right now you pay FICA tax (Social Security and Medicare funding) on every penny you earn up to $139,000 after that you only pay a % into Medicare.

So if you earn a million dollars/year you only pay SS tax on the first $139,000. AFTER THAT you pay $0.00 in SS tax.
So if you earn 5 million dollars/year you only pay SS tax on the first $139,000. AFTER THAT you pay $0.00 in SS tax.
So if you earn 100 million dollars/year you only pay SS tax on the first $139,000. AFTER THAT you pay $0.00 in SS tax.

Yet you still collect SS when you retire. As it should be because you paid into the system.

BUT by simply raising the cap from its current ridiculous low number of $139K to say $1M,$10M, $100M, or whatever it takes to keep Social Security Solvent forever. DO IT! Stop letting the superrich get richer by lying to us all.

Do millionaires and billionaires collect Social Security? The short answer is YES.
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[Chainfire]

8. Your choice is bribery or extortion

Apparently the "General Fund" is some infinite magic money pool that nobody has to contribute to......

If people can't see the warning lights and hear the alarm bells, we will get what we get.

[Thekaspervote]

9. Sure...you keep telling yourself that from your arm chair at home. Your days are numbered

[magicguido]

10. Wow. Paper Towels

[onetexan]

12. No buddy, if the Idiot isn't reelected you'll be investigated.

[Mr.Bill]

15. When Biden gets sworn in

Mnuchin won't be in any position to decide who has to pay back anything.

Except maybe his cellmate who owes him three packages of Ramen noodles from the commissary. And that guy will more likely just stomp the shit out of him instead of paying him back.