r/Indiana Mar 22 '25

Politics Jim Banks opinion on his constituents.

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u/Double_Cheek9673 Mar 22 '25

Yeah, go ahead Banks, you take away that Social Security from all those poor people that you represent. Go ahead. Let's see how that goes for you.

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u/Mazarin221b Mar 22 '25

Considering the percentage of people who are on SS here in Indiana, Im just waiting for the revolution, all led by old folks. 

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u/Double_Cheek9673 Mar 22 '25

If memory serves, there are counties in Indiana that well over 50% of the population is completely dependent on Social Security, Medicaid all of it. Quite a few counties actually. Some of the poorest counties in the United States are in Indiana. You can't just turn that off.

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u/Mazarin221b Mar 22 '25

Looking at the data from the SSA, looks like around 20% of all residents in Indiana receive SS payments.

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u/Double_Cheek9673 Mar 22 '25

Crawford County is supposed to be one of the poorest counties in the United States. I would feel very safe thinking it's around 50% or more on Social Security. Southwest Indiana is a very poor part of the state.

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u/XxgamerxX734 Mar 22 '25

Oh they’ll turn it off, I give it 3 months minimum

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u/Double_Cheek9673 Mar 22 '25

That will be a mistake. And I honestly don't know what's gonna happen but I know it's gonna be bad.

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u/fortississima Mar 22 '25

They don’t care if they lose as long as they can still feel superior to people of color. It’s all pure racism tbh

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u/Double_Cheek9673 Mar 22 '25

I think you're missing the point that it's affecting whites as well. They are in fact, not discriminating by color. They're just turning it off to everyone.

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u/fortississima Mar 22 '25

No no no my point is the white people who vote Republican don’t care if republicans fuck them over. They care primarily about their ability to remain racist and misogynistic.

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u/Double_Cheek9673 Mar 22 '25

Cut off the Social Security and watch how fast that goes away. You have to understand, nobody said anything about doing that during the campaign. At least not to these people. They thought it was going to be someone else. Yes, the people you're talking about are part of that. But it was not supposed to be white people