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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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On 5/25/2025 4:32 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 5/25/2025 9:15 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 May 2025 14:18:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/24/2025 9:55 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>> On 5/22/2025 4:19 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> On 5/22/2025 3:10 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>> On 5/22/2025 11:09 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Social Security and Medicare will not die until the financial
>>>>>>> apocalypse
>>>>>>> of the United States.  Pray that it does not happen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are not paying attention.  The just passed big ugly bill cuts
>>>>>> a half-trillion dollars from  medicare.  Not to mention the gutting
>>>>>> of medicaid, which will cause many rural hospitals to close outright.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5312712-house-gop-bill- 
>>>>>> medicare-cuts/
>>>>>
>>>>> Not gonna happen, just wishful thinking on your part.  Three million
>>>>> people a year are joining Medicare (the last of the baby boomers), 65
>>>>> million or so at the moment, and one million a year are leaving.  That
>>>>> is a huge voting block.  And seniors vote in the USA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are lots of people who can be persuaded to vote against their
>>>> own interests if they are told it will hurt someone they dislike.
>>>>
>>>> The recent election is an example.
>>>>
>>>> pt
>>>
>>> No, the people of the USA voted the thieves out.  And for sanity.
>>
>> Well, they made a /big/ mistake. Sanity is definitely lacking.
>>
>> Or has DOGE actually referred /anyone/ for investigation of fraud?
>>
>> Has DOGE even discovered any actual fraud?
>>
>> So far, DOGE is just another Nothingburger.
> 
> DOGE has actually increased government expenditures with all the 
> lawsuits, re-hirings, etc. that their actions caused.  And if you look 
> at the pattern of what they _actually_ did it appears that the whole 
> thing was intended to get Musk's AI access to confidential government 
> records.

Numbers please from a reputable source.

Lynn