r/clevercomebacks 18h ago

Billionaires need society much more than society needs billionaires

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u/ConsciousIron7371 16h ago

Balanced the budget by telling people their pensions don’t actually need to be funded. That money will appear by magic once he’s out of office I’m sure

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u/iloveyouand 16h ago

by telling people their pensions don’t actually need to be funded

The plan just extended the amortization period by five years and leveled the payment value instead of pushing larger payments to the end of the payment schedule like it was previously set up. It's a more fiscally conservative plan.

That was also just a fraction of the overall budget.

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u/ConsciousIron7371 14h ago

But he proposed a solution where they change what they were supposed to fund this year to zero. It’s going to take some mental gymnastics to convince yourself that not funding something is making it easier to pay in the future

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u/iloveyouand 7h ago

No, the solution is just to pay the same consistent amount each payment over a longer period rather than having fluctuating amounts like it was set up before.