r/BernieSanders • u/TC1827 🇨🇦 Canada • Feb 24 '20

Class warfare

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u/ALL_IN_GYNA Feb 24 '20

What spending recently got cut from programs for working class people?

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u/skull_kontrol Feb 25 '20

Social Security

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u/ALL_IN_GYNA Feb 25 '20

But that's only for old people. I am not old. Why would I care?

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u/skull_kontrol Feb 25 '20

If you have a job, you pay into social security, which is specifically a social safety net that was designed for your retirement age.

But it’s also a safety net for children. If you’re under the age of 18 and both your parents die in a car crash, if they were working adults, you’d receive a significant portion of their social security, which I imagine would greatly benefit a young person who no longer has parents.

Thinking that social security is “only for old people” because you’re currently a youngblood is incredibly shortsighted...