Exactly. SS is the easiest problem in DC to solve.

They don't have to remove the cap, just raise it. Right now, it's around $167K. Just raise it to $250K, or $500K, or $1 million. That would make it solvent again for decades.

Hehe. You know the answer to that.

You need to be rich enough to qualify for the tax cuts I guess

That’s the shit that gets me riled up. Maybe it’s a bad take, but if social security is shrinking and won’t be there for us when we reach retirement age, government should get their fuckin hands off my paychecks. Why do we have to fund billionaires and their toxic yacht tendencies? Why the fuck do they need a dollar more??

if you did would it allow you to cover expenses in retirement?

It's a mental illness, like hoarding. Most people know when to quit, but these people don't, and that's because they have an abnormal compulsion to keep accumulating more, even though they already have more than they or their descendants could ever spend.

We shouldn't let our nation and planet go to Hell because everybody is afraid to force these Psychopathic Oligarchs to take medication for their mental illness, or even say No to their unreasonable demands. The result is that we end up with people so wealthy that they can finance their most psychotic fantasies.

Let’s say you didn’t know you were going to be well off. You paid into SS like everyone else. Later in life you find yourself worth a few millions for whatever reason, maybe a lifetime of good jobs work and wise investing. You don’t get any money back? Unfortunately a lot of people will call a few million after a lifetime of work and investing “rich.”

Now if you’re worth many tens or hundreds of millions or more, or you were born into wealth, maybe getting SS shouldn’t really be on the table.

Psychopathy.

I've got a hot take, this is what happens when a country model itself to the Roman Empire. Yes, they have got civil codes and institutions impressive for "civilised society", but the society is based on slavery, was well known for decadence and last but not least-- imperialism. Notice that countries that took inspiration from Roman Empire end up collapsing. Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Russia had empires and collapsed, and soon the USA. Imperialism carried over to these countries that tried to claim to be either the second or third Rome, or another "shining beacon on the hill". What end up happening is bloated bureaucracy, growth of cancerous decadent oligarchy and overextending its power. Why not just try to be humble and be like small countries, such as Switzerland or Ireland? They have no rabid, overcompensating collective egoism that try to beat everyone else, and going on false pretense on "civilising" the natives to merely acquire resources. Or, try to be China in any form, just don't expand and simply do its own thing by being the centre of trade and commerce by virtue of its own size and abundant resources.

Feel free to disagree, but growing up in post-colonial country, I can't help but criticise the Roman Empire and the West's obsession with it. I always think that the long dead nation of Rome is overrated for aforementioned reasons.

Power.

He said 12 is too young for him. Much more correct to say 13 year olds.

I was all for Social Security when I knew one day I’d be able to partake in it too, but with everything going on, fuck that and give me my money back.

Mission accomplished. SS is one of the most successful government programs and we can't have that!

Yeah checked mine as well, guess Big Balls broke the database while they were making copies for DOG-E.

Magats will blame Biden and the MSM won't say a word.

I guarantee a majority of them voted for this. Especially the retired portion

My parents did, are currently receiving SS checks, and are still in denial about *everything*

My father, who never saved a dime in his life and will be fully dependent on social security in retirement, voted for it and thinks this is the best thing to ever happen to America. Gonna be a wake up call when he can't ever afford to retire.