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muriel_volestrangler

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9. No one said "broke". The OP excerpt specifies it will mean reductions in benefits

Reply to valleyrogue (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:24 AM

Feb 2026

Sure, you say "money can be gotten from the general fund" - but that involves new laws to fix the crap Trump has wrought. "Printing (more of) the currency" means devaluing it, which could crash the dollar. And, sure, they could have done that at any time, and got rid of taxes - but no one has, because of the other effects it would have.

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