#raising the retirement age

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #2023 #twitter #tweet #raising the retirement age #elon musk #tesla #spacex #billionaires #fuck billionaires #emmanuel macron #social programs #the serfs #business insider #union busters #france

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In France, over 1 million people marched on the streets of cities including Paris, Marseille and Nice on Thursday, as labor unions held a nationwide strike against plans by President Emmanuel Macron to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64. In Paris, more than three dozen people were arrested after police used tear gas to clear protesters from Bastille Square. This is trade union leader Laurent Escure.

Laurent Escure: “We want to have a good retirement. We don’t want to retire broke, tired, broken. We want to enjoy our last years with our children, our grandchildren, maybe with our parents, who have to be taken care of. So it is a message of social justice that we want today. If the government does not come to its senses, there will be more strikes to follow. That is why we appeal to reason and not to make the choice of irresponsibility, and to choose the voice of reason.”

#news #democracy now! #world news #world politics #france #riots and protests #President Emmanuel Macron #raising the retirement age #2023 #Laurent Escure #labor unions #Marseille #Paris #Nice #Bastille Square #european politics #europe

[ask-the-shichibukai]

The 10 esteemed founders of the ever-growing "I'm not paid enough for this shit" club:

Marco

Beck

Rayleigh

Ivankov

Dadan

Robin

Bogart

Tsuru

Law

Daz

#give these people a raise #or at least a reduction of the retirement age #they are pirate / marine not babysitter #although it is probably a job requirement for first mates #one piece #marco #benn beckman #dadan #nico robin #tsuru #bogart #trafalgar law #ivankov #silvers rayleigh #daz bones #the “I'm not paid enough for this shit” Club

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#republican assholes #republicans raise the retirement age #corporate greed #oligarch assholes #end of the middle class #never trump #traitor trump #crooked donald #republican hypocrisy #retirement #wage slaves

[sapphic--kiwi]

Gus Week Day 3: Friends

willow and gus taking selfies at the weekly cookout 😗✌️

#gusweek2023 #the owl house #gus porter #augustus porter #willow park #toh fanart #good lord i have not drawn willow in forever. sorry girl 💔💔 #they’re literally the best friends EVER to me. each others number ones since age 8/10 #like. for years until luz met them they were all each other had. and now they have other close/best friends and family who love them #but they’re still each others BEST friends #gus is 30 hes a tenured hexside illusions professor #willow is about 33 she’s a recently retired flyer derby pro who is still figuring out if she wants another career #(while raising fern and jacklyn age 8 and 3 respectively) #another side note gus and matt finally got around to getting married in the year prior to this art #the park girls and the noceda siblings love their uncles a lot 🫶🫶 #i could ramble about these two for HOURS on end tbh #steph draws #x

[thevampirearchive]

To be real with you, my goal in life is to work as little as possible. If it means getting a new job every year, every other year — whatever it is, I’ll do it. Just so the freedom i have will feel like free time. Spend doing whatever I desire. Drawing, painting, writing, enjoying nature & it’s creatures.

Sure I have goals, ambitions and desires, but I’d sooner die then make any of them a full time job, snuffing out the light they bring me in exchange for consistant work for consistant content. If they bring me riches by simply being made by me & people enjoying (and paying me), yay me. But never will i make what I love my full time job — unless I’m 100% in control of what/where/when. The goal is not to work and just be a trinquait lady, with a concerning obsession with vampires, a closet full of black garments, who enjoys cooking random dishes and sharing with whomever wishes to come over & feast whiles we talk about the universe.

And when I say that, people look at me crazy. But that’s okay, maybe I am crazy. I just know my lineage has too long of a history of slavery, and I’d like to end it with me — even if it’s modern day slavery. I shell never return to living to work. And do my best working little to live the fullest.

#very privileged to even have the option but even that — am i? been homeless #lost friends — family— seen as a burden to sociaty but I refuse to truly participate #i could be an archeologist like I always dreamt but if it’s my JOB I’ll politely say no thank you #i belive working can be good — and many things are much required but the concepts of jobs #corporations / salaries and all that while the earth burns people die and prices continue to rise? #they laugh in our face and raise the retirement age every 5 buisness weeks lol fuck no from me 🙏🏾 #thoughts

[nando161mando]

"The average American celebrates only one healthy birthday after 65"... But we NEED to raise the retirement age!!! 🤡

#“The average American celebrates only one healthy birthday after 65”... But we NEED to raise the retirement age!!! 🤡 #retirement #slavery #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #american indian #american #america #usa news #usa #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #joe biden #biden administration #president biden #biden #genocide #genocide joe #slave #slaves #capitalism #fascism #anti capitalist #capitalist hell

[changing-my-username]

Woman who is entitled to £115k a year pension at the age of 48 as a former PM thinks retiring at 66 is too young.

#uk politics #politics #liz truss #raise the retirement age for you but lower it for me

[amandabe11man]

france protesting violently bc they raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. meanwhile sweden’s is 65 most of the time and they’re talking about raising it to 67...

#git gud france #(jk protest all you want. retirement age SHOULD be lower) #okay according to some- the retirement age in sweden is ~flexible~ from 62 to 68 #but for as long as i can remember 65 is pm the minimum here #......for now #fuck off if they raise it to more than that

[m1shka-moon-bear-feelings]

Take a Spa Day, You Need It

Spas are strange places, and it heavily depends on which one you go to in regards to the experience you will get. However, taking a day to relax, get a nice massage, facial, etc, is crucial to our mental health. Some cultures already have daily rituals of taking designated time for relaxation, such as Spain and their mid-day siestas, or Greece's early retirement age and plentiful vacation days (please work out your EU debts though guys). On the other hand, Americans are absolute workaholics and happily slave away for corporations that hardly give them any paid vacation days if any at all. Not even Japan has such awful work benefits, and the work culture there is even more rigorous than in the States. There's no room for relaxation, only work with a side of a sedentary, unfulfilling lifestyle. There's plenty of attractions, parks, museums, and other landmarks that the United States has to offer, along with some of the most diverse natural beauty in the world, but our labor policies are that of the Gilded Age, with union busting and corporations willingness to abuse their political power being all too prevalent in such a modern time, taking all of this entertainment and leisure away from the workers and taking it all for themselves. We work ourselves to death just so a select few may enjoy the world, its offerings, as well as take leisure domestically (in the context of the U.S). To my workers in the U.S.A, carpe instrumenta productonis (seize the means of production) and carpe diem. Take a day off, call out, submit PTO, and even if they deny it, take that day off anyway, they'll survive without you, and they can't deny you a day off that you need. Don't keel over to them even if they beg you to come in, trust me, they don't care about you. Take care of yourself, get that back massage, and drink some nice alcohol, smoke some weed (responsibly of course), and completely relax, you deserve it.

#take a spa day #eat the rich #fuck capitalism #lower the retirement age #increase paid vacation days #raise the minimum wage

[emperornorton47]

French demonstration

#France #Demonstration against raising the retirement age #Video #Why can't we have demonstrators like her

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A new budget by a large and influential group of House Republicans calls for raising the Social Security retirement age for future retirees and restructuring Medicare.

The proposals, which are unlikely to become law this year, reflect how many Republicans will seek to govern if they win the 2024 elections. And they play into a fight President Joe Biden is seeking to have with former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party as he runs for re-election.

The budget was released Wednesday by the Republican Study Committee, a group of more than 170 House GOP lawmakers, including many allies of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Apart from fiscal policy, the budget endorses a series of bills “designed to advance the cause of life,” including the Life at Conception Act, which would aggressively restrict abortion and potentially threaten in vitro fertilization, or IVF, by establishing legal protections for human beings at “the moment of fertilization.” It has recently caused consternation within the GOP following backlash to an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that threatened IVF.

The RSC, which is chaired by Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., counts among its members Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his top three deputies in leadership. Johnson chaired the RSC from 2019 to 2021; his office did not immediately respond when asked about the new budget.

For Social Security, the budget endorses "modest adjustments to the retirement age for future retirees to account for increases in life expectancy." It calls for lowering benefits for the highest-earning beneficiaries. And it emphasizes that those ideas are not designed to take effect immediately: "The RSC Budget does not cut or delay retirement benefits for any senior in or near retirement."

The new budget also calls for converting Medicare to a "premium support model," echoing a proposal that Republican former Speaker Paul Ryan had rallied support for. Under the new RSC plan, traditional Medicare would compete with private plans and beneficiaries would be given subsidies to shop for the policies of their choice. The size of the subsidies could be pegged to the "average premium" or "second lowest price" in a particular market, the budget says.

The plan became a flashpoint in the 2012 election, when Ryan was GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's running mate, and President Barack Obama charged that it would "end Medicare as we know it." Ryan defended it as a way to put Medicare on better financial footing, and most of his party stood by him.

Medicare is projected to become insolvent in 2028, and Social Security will follow in 2033. After that, benefits will be forcibly cut unless more revenues are added.

Biden has blasted Republican proposals for the retirement programs, promising that he will not cut benefits and instead proposing in his recent White House budget to cover the future shortfall by raising taxes on upper earners.

The RSC budget also presents a conundrum for Trump, who has offered shifting rhetoric on Social Security and Medicare without proposing a clear vision for the future of the programs.

Notably, the RSC budget presents three possible options to address the projected insolvency of the retirement programs: raise taxes, transfer money from the general fund or reduce spending to cover the shortfall.

It rejects the first two options.

"Raising taxes on people will further punish them and burden the broader economy–something that the spend and print regime has proven to be disastrous and regressive," the budget says, adding that the committee also opposes "a multi-trillion-dollar general fund transfer that worsens our fiscal situation."

That leaves spending cuts.

The RSC budget launches blistering criticism at "Obamacare," or the Affordable Care Act, and calls for rolling back its subsidies and regulations that were aimed at extending insurance coverage.

#us politics #news #nbc news #republicans #conservatives #biden administration #2024 #us house of representatives #republican study committee #Social Security #raising the retirement age #Medicare #Obamacare #affordable care act #Life at Conception Act #in vitro fertilization #ivf treatment #Rep. Kevin Hern #rep. mike johnson #Paul Ryan

[minnichan]

Got tagged by @miss-ingno ~

Relationship status: happily single, though if anyone wants a sugar baby without expecting anything in return-

Favorite colour: I guess red? I don't feel too passionate about colours.

Song stuck in my head: none currently, but I'm still listening to Flying Across Time by Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong constantly

Last song I listened to: Word of Honor OP

Three favorite foods: vietnamese summer rolls, curry (viet, indian, japanese), chinese hot pot (yes I cheated with the 3 types lf curry)

Last thing I googled: IKEA opening hours because I need two extra shelves in my BILLY shelf and I was hoping they would be open during the holidays but they aren't.

Dream trip: food trip around Asia

Anything I want: unconditional basic income so I can further reduce my working hours to have time for hobbies. fellow German people do participate in the mein grundeinkommen project and let's be friends to increase our chances :D

Not tagging anyone this time around but y'all feel free to do it! Template below:

(how do I add a keep reading cut in the app??)

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#pls I want ubi so bad #especially because pension doesn't look good #the way things look they'll prob raise the retirement age to 70 by the time I want to retire lol #and mosts ETFs include shitty companies so I haven't started investing in any #my posts

[katyspersonal]

I really enjoy your lore posts a lot! The Djura one you made recently is very well put. Hope you'll feel better soon!

Wait, I had like two posts about him recently, which one do you mean? xd Though they are roughly similar, only one is more serious than the other? I think that was less lore post and more me praising the character post, but thank you!

Djura symbolizes the exact kind of autonomy I respect and aspire for very much. Like I said once, he is the guy to insist writers should create anything as long as they appropriately tag their fanfics, as opposed to idea of banning the "problematic uwu" content gjhjfugjfjjkb

I see Brador as slightly similar vibe but a slightly more pessimistic? He ALSO encourages us to mind our own business instead of messing with something that will expire itself anyway but there is a difference between Djura's 'do not touch these beasts that can't harm people unless approached anyway, instead go hunt those roaming dangerous beasts!' and Brador's 'knowing horrible truth about how something happened and dismantling a place where the weakest must go to is not the flex that you think it is, it will avail nothing but ruining a fine system without guarantee you can offer something better instead'.

Yeah I know whereas Djura is objective and easy to conclude, Brador one is interpretation, but it seems so for me? Djura is 'Everyone must know their place in the scheme of things (affectionate)' but Brador is 'Everyone must know their place in the scheme of things (derogatory)'! Same vein how Ludwig is 'We must entrust the things smarter than us to cleanse the world from evil (affectionate)' but Logarius is 'We must entrust the things smarter than us to cleanse the world from evil (derogatory)'.

Djura is just more sympathetic and good faith! Again, rather ramblings than lore but I am glad someone likes me breaking down why this or that character is based, it is just that so far nobody is more based than him :thinking_emoji:

#bloodborne #fandomry rambles #ask replies #retired hunter djura #i was dying from exhaustion and stress but a bloodborne ask in my box recovered my HPs #i swear at some point i will die but then someone mentions interesting bb character and- #-it will made me raise from death lol #dont ask woman her age dont ask man his salary dont ask autist when they will change a special interest #also alfred and valtr should have similar 'affectionate and derogatory' split but i dunno which is which #but yes i love when two characters seem to be just two variants of the same ideal #but one is optimistic another isnt #it helps me to understand characters better by putting them in comparison #also i see other asks but i am very sleepy #dont ask woman her age dont ask man his salary dont as full time worker how job is going in december

[tomorrowusa]

Believe Republicans when they say they want to ban abortion and cut Social Security. And don't neglect to remind others about these plans – as frequently as possible.

(emphasis added)

On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) — a caucus that represents 80 percent of House Republicans, including the party’s entire leadership — unveiled a budget that calls for cutting Social Security benefits and establishing that human life begins at conception. The RSC tried to obscure the implications of its Social Security policy by describing its proposal as an increase in “the retirement age,” and declining to specify what the new age should be. But that is just an opaque way of describing a large cut in benefits. As Matt Bruenig notes, Social Security does not have a single retirement age: It has 96 different retirement ages, each associated with a different level of benefits. When lawmakers talk about “raising the retirement age,” they are really calling for an increase in the “full retirement age” — a variable in a formula that determines benefit levels at all 96 retirement ages. Raising the full retirement age to 69 — as the RSC proposed last fall — would translate into a roughly 14 percent cut to Social Security benefits, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Republicans claim that they need to cut benefits and raise the retirement age to keep Social Security from becoming insolvent. Democrats have a much better idea: Raise taxes on the filthy rich while allowing for legal immigration to increase the number of younger workers who pay social security taxes.

Biden, on the other hand, has called for substantially raising payroll taxes on Americans earning over $400,000 a year in order to sustain Social Security in its current form. It is true that this by itself would not be enough to preserve benefits indefinitely; as boomers continue retiring and America’s ratio of retirees-to-workers rises, larger tax increases would be required to sustain today’s benefit levels through the 2040s. But there is a simple way to alleviate this problem: We could allow more prime-age adults to come to the United States and contribute to its economy. Alas, Trump and his party would like to do the opposite. In any case, the RSC’s budget clarifies the parties’ respective positions on Social Security: Biden wants to preserve existing benefits through higher taxes on the rich, most House Republicans want to cut future benefits by 14 percent, and Trump wants to avoid taking any coherent position while starving the government of revenue, thereby engineering a 23 percent benefit cut by default.

Republicans are never going to stop trying to control reproductive freedom in the United States. It's in their political DNA. Trump boasts about killing Roe v. Wade.

Meanwhile, the RSC’s budget also calls for the passage of the Life at Conception Act, which would establish that “the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization.” This would make abortion illegal in all cases, including for patients who were impregnated through rape or incest. What’s more, the budget would also cut Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program by $4.5 trillion over 10 years, a proposal that might increase the salience of health care policy, which remains a source of Democratic strength. Democrats didn’t wait long before unwrapping this political gift. Biden decried the RSC budget as “extreme” Thursday, noting that it “shows what Republicans value.” The White House then circulated a rundown of the plan’s most unpopular provisions while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer denounced it from the Senate floor.

The GOP MAGA dystopia involves protecting the filthy rich with their lavish lifestyles while removing healthcare from the rest of the population and having the elderly work til they drop dead on the job.

There are certainly other important issues this year, but the ones likely to hurt Republicans the most are abortion and healthcare/Social Security. Any voter with even the slightest interest in these issues should be regularly reminded of the Trump Republican positions on them.

#republicans #republican study committee #rsc #social security #maga #donald trump #republicans favor cuts in social security #republicans want to raise the retirement age #abortion #reproductive freedom #life at conception act #republicans want to micromanage americans' reproductive activities #roe v. wade #a woman's right to choose #raise taxes on the filthy rich #biden-harris 2024 #election 2024 #vote blue no matter who

[sophie-frm-mars]

Last week the energy union in France turned off the power to one of Macron's ministers' offices in solidarity with those protesting the raising retirement age, and this week they made the bills to low income households zero. They took power from the politicians and gave it to the poor. This is what the fuck I'm talking about, we cannot let fiscal capital colonise our minds to the extent that we think that the only way to redistribute and shift the balance of power is by giving people money. The union is showing the power it has by taking energy - literally power - from the rich and giving it to the poor. The rest of the world should be taking notes