“I just got charged $98 on what was $40 last month!”

A longtime Trump supporter took to Facebook with a determined plea to the president, blaming rising medical copays, meals prices, and bank card debt for her looming monetary collapse. Screenshots of the publish rapidly unfold to Reddit, the place customers seized on the irony: the girl as soon as championed President Trump’s insurance policies, however now says those self same insurance policies have left her, together with different seniors on Social Security, struggling to outlive.

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The authentic message, from a self-identified MAGA voter, tagged President Donald Trump immediately.

A Trump voter in misery

Reddit consumer u/brillian-trash22 shared the screenshots on the r/LeopardsAteMyFace subreddit. They defined that Audrey as soon as backed Trump regardless of his proposed cuts to social applications. “Supporting Trump’s policies has the consequence of higher medical costs and less support for seniors,” the consumer wrote. Consequently, Audrey discovered herself buried underneath medical bills and a set revenue that didn’t stretch.

Audrey started her publish with seen frustration. “I hate to say this BUT wtf did you do to our medication copays!? I just got charged $98 on what was $40 last month!” She added that rising meals prices and inadequate cost-of-living changes left her family reeling.

She emphasised the stress of bank card debt. “We are living on credit cards!!! Then what? Credit cards are going to crash very soon with not enough funds to pay bills and eat!!!! SENIORS ON SS NEED HELP!!! Like yesterday! We are all in trouble! Everyone else gets raises on wages except SS!!!”

Her worries didn’t cease there. “Are we getting a needed COLA where Medicare premiums don’t take it away! And we need a stimulus check or we seniors are in TROUBLE!!! WHERE IS OUR HELP?!?! Foreigners before SS Recipients 😡😡😡”

Audrey concluded by declaring, “I am going to have to file bankruptcy the FIRST TIME IN MY 60 plus years!!! WE NEED HELP!!!”

On Reddit, customers responded with disbelief and sarcasm. Some argued that warnings had been clear years earlier.

“I guess nobody sent this thick-headed trumper the memo that paying for gender assignment surgery for prisoners was a Trump era policy ….” one individual mentioned, tongue-in-cheek. 

“She’s missed a lot of memos apparently. Trump’s first term was horrendous, and many of us were shouting from the rooftops about how bad his second term would be. She should probably get her eyes and hearing checked, but now she can’t afford to,” u/CloakOfElvenkind mentioned.

Others mocked the state of affairs with MAGA rhetoric that she ought to cease being lazy and get to work. 

“I’m sure the Amazon warehouse is hiring, get to work!” one Reddit consumer responded. Another replied, “Definitely crop picking jobs out there that farmers are willing to underpay for. You voted to open more jobs to Americans, and you got it. Get to picking!”

A couple of commenters highlighted the dangers of relying solely on Social Security. “Also, I find it incredible that she’s in her 60s and has absolutely no retirement savings to speak of. She’s living (Social Security) check to check and piling on credit card debt. But hey, a one time stimulus check ought to fix all of her issues.”

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