(H/T Scissorhead Dennis Cole)
Mike Pence, a man so wooden that termites salivate when he enters a room, has decided that he’s not unpopular enough and so his candidacy is exploring new boundaries to ensure that he never is elected, even to the office of dogcatcher in Possum Hollar. He’s decided to take on Medicare and Social Security:
“What we need now is leadership because, if we act in this moment with the support of this generation, we can introduce common sense reforms that will never touch anyone who is in retirement, or anyone who will retire in the next 25 years,” Pence told an audience of college students at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. “It’ll just take courage to do it, and that’s where your generation will come in…”
Pence — yet to announce a 2024 presidential bid but saying Tuesday he was “continuing to pray and reflect” on one — has previously suggested tweaks for the programs, telling CNBC in February that cuts to Medicare and Social Security should be “on the table for the long term.”
—Walking Termite Buffet Mike Pence
The observant reader will note that Pence never actually says what any of these common sense reforms entails.
“I’d rather push Granny off a cliff —for Jeebus!— than raise Elon Musk’s taxes by a penny,” Pence did not add, with his grim, Evangelical smile. “Gonna be a hot time tonight, Mother,” he did not add under his breath, “get the cilice ready!”
Mock Paper Scissors 
“Will you join me in this great crusade to fuck your generation even harder for the 0.01%? Who’s with me!!??”
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Remember the old saying: “Never trust anyone over 30”?
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Should be “never trust anyone who is obscenely wealthy”. Or something.
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Never trust anyone (worth) over $30 million.
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Rs have been openly advocating screwing the kids on everything since Governor Reagan was bashing hippies at Berkeley.
How about a solution that doesn’t involve screwing the kids?
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Simple – remove the cap on Social Security tax. Not just raise the cap again, get rid of that stupid cap.
Easy? Nope. The minions and puppets of the over-30-million crowd will fight it to their last vote, but it really should be done.
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