The facts
A report shared with The Guardian projects that elderly Americans could lose an average of $2,152 in annual Social Security benefits each, a projected 8.6% reduction in their retirement payments, by 2034 and every year after. This is attributed to the economic fallout from the Trump administration’s anti-immigration campaign. The report, titled Economic Impacts of Trump Administration Immigration Policy, was commissioned by America’s Voice. Researchers found that US food prices have increased and housing permits have decreased, with native-born Americans losing potential jobs due to the exodus of 1.2 million foreign-born workers over the last two years as a result of Donald Trump’s policies. Michael Ettlinger, one of the report's authors, stated that the data refutes assertions made by the US president. Vanessa Cárdenas, executive director of America’s Voice, told The Guardian that the impacts of these policies are expected to be long-lasting. The report highlights dire effects on the nation’s affordability crisis and job market, particularly in industries reliant on foreign-born workers, such as agriculture and construction. Food products heavily reliant on immigrant labor have seen sharper price increases, and the construction industry has experienced soaring costs and labor shortages. The federal government risks losing significant payroll taxes from unauthorized immigrants that support the Social Security fund.
Our take
Well, shit. After years of screaming that immigrants are stealing jobs, the orange fuckwit’s master plan is finally clear: he’s stealing from old people instead. His big, beautiful anti-immigrant crusade chased out 1.2 million workers who were, hilariously, the ones paying the fucking taxes that keep Social Security afloat. So congratulations, you racist pricks: you voted for a policy that literally defunds your own retirement so a reality TV clown could feel tough. What a brilliant fucking trade.
The math is so simple a toddler could get it, but Trump’s brain is too clogged with hairspray and Adderall to comprehend cause and effect. No immigrant workers means no one to pick the food or build the houses, so prices skyrocket. Then, because those vanished workers aren’t paying payroll taxes anymore, the Social Security trust fund starts hemorrhaging money. The result? Grandma gets a $2,152 annual pay cut so that Donald Trump could win a round of applause from guys with Confederate flag bumper stickers. It’s like setting your own pension on fire to own the libs.
This isn’t a political strategy; it’s a nationwide grift where the mark is the entire American retiree. The report spells it out: higher food costs, a paralyzed construction industry, and now a gutted safety net - all because one pandering asshole needed a scapegoat. He’s not protecting jobs; he’s incinerating the economy to fuel his own pathetic vanity.
So every time you see a MAGA cunt in a ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ shirt, remember they eagerly signed up to have their Social Security check tread on by their god-emperor’s stupidity. The wall was never getting built, but the financial ruin is under construction, and you’re the dumb bastard paying for the bricks. Enjoy eating cat food, you absolute mugs. You earned it.
